The moon was once covered in an ocean of magma: new data supports theory Rocks collected by the Chandrayaan-3 offer more clues to the moon's violent past. Tom Hawking Aug 21, 2024 11:00 AM EDT ...

The ocean is estimated to be around 5 to 15 million years old. By comparison, the internal ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus formed around one billion years ago while Jupiter’s moon Europa has ...

There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil that revealed ancient information about the moon's origin. The study of ...

A deep ocean exists beneath the icy, cratered surface of Saturn’s moon Mimas, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission.

Measurements of the Enceladus ice shell conducted by NASA's Cassini probe, which orbited Saturn and its moons between 2004 and 2017, suggest the moon's subsurface ocean may have a temperature ...

Under its bright, frosty shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to harbor a salty ocean, making it a world that might be one of the most habitable places in our solar system. But life as we ...