Recently, they analyzed the first rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon in two different studies and discovered ...

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the ...

Scientists examine a large dike, formed from a sheet of magma that came to Earth’s surface millions of years ago during the Columbia River Basalt eruptions. These dikes fed magma to massive eruptions.

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...

Caption Schematic scenario for flood basalt eruptions at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Magma intruded into shales, coal beds and organic-rich sediments, releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...

Dissolved carbon dioxide may have bubbled up from magma far below Earth's surface, contributing to prolonged warming.

Previously scientists thought the moon was largely inactive from any volcanic activity for billions of years. However, new ...

The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just ...

Sometimes it is hard to compare the eruptions of remote volcano to potential blasts at more well-known volcanoes. I try to ...