NASA's Juno mission has revealed that each of Io's volcanoes is likely fueled by its own magma chamber, not a global magma ocean. This conclusion was drawn from precise gravity measurements during ...

Plenty of worlds in our solar system have oceans - and not all of them are made of water. Io, Jupiter's innermost moon, was purported to have one made of basalt and bits of sulfur just under its ...

As the innermost of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, Io offers a glimpse into some of the most extreme geologic phenomena in the ...

Skies above South Carolina sparkle with Christmas Star, meteor shower and supergiant Betelgeuse along with Jupiter, Venus and ...

The Sun reaches its southernmost point, the Ursid meteor shower peaks, and the Christmas Tree Cluster glitters in the sky ...

What were once thought to be traces of the Moon's formation are remnants from a 're-melting' event, research indicates.

A new study suggests the moon is 4.51 billion years old, 100 million years older than previously thought. This revised age is ...

Further analysis of lunar rocks and modeling will help scientists to better understand the moon and its history ...

How old is the Moon? Explore the multiple perspectives of physicists, chemists, and mathematicians in search of the answer.

A fresh study has offered an intriguing explanation: the lunar surface may have remelted around 4.35 billion years ago, ...

A recent study suggests the moon’s age may be older. Published in Nature, it proposes an earlier formation timeline.

For years, researchers believed the Moon was formed 4.35 billion years ago, following a collision between a Mars-sized object ...