A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...
If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...
New evidence from an old NASA mission supports the theory that Jupiter's moon Callisto is in fact an ocean world. Credit: NASA / JPL / DLR A moon of Jupiter about the size of Mercury likely has ...
It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the moon, an astonishing fact driving a ...
The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as molten as the near one eons ago.
Observers in parts of Europe may catch a glimpse at moonset, while those in East Asia will see it as the moon rises. The point of greatest eclipse falls over the Pacific Ocean, making it an ...
A Chinese study found that the Moon was wholly covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early phases of its formation. A study by the China National Space Administration, published in the ...
Its spacecraft Odysseus reached the Moon on 22 February last year. However, the mission was short-lived as the spacecraft landed on the slope of a crater, broke some landing gear and toppled over.