Scientists have uncovered evidence of a hidden ocean beneath the Moon’s surface—suggesting it may hold more water than previously believed, with major implications for future space missions.

Recent findings from samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early ...

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.

Miranda, a small moon of Uranus, has always been a bit of a mystery. Recently, scientists have been curious if it might have an ocean hidden beneath its icy surface. If this is true, it could ...

Data from India’s recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the Moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings in the journal ...

Rocks collected by the Chandrayaan-3 offer more clues to the moon's violent past. ... The moon was once covered in an ocean of magma: new data supports theory.

This is consistent with the Lunar Magma Ocean hypothesis — known as the LMO — which holds that the moon’s crust formed as magma cooled roughly 4.4 billion years ago. Advertisement ...

A new study relied on data India's Chandrayaan-3 mission collected near the lunar south pole. Its rover found evidence supporting a popular Moon creation story.

The outer solar system is awash with liquid water. A briny ocean is concealed beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa—with more water than all of Earth’s oceans ...

A briny ocean is concealed beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa — with more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. A subsurface sea on Saturn’s moon Enceladus ...