While the moon once had a weak magnetic field generated by a small molten core, the team's research suggests it likely wouldn ...

The icy moon is far enough from Jupiter and the intense plasma-flooded ... the new study suggests that it doesn’t linger at depth long enough inside Io to form a massive, interconnected ocean. But ...

A pair of groundbreaking NASA studies, published in Nature, have unveiled new insights into the interiors of the Moon and the ...

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...

"We suggest that the processes which formed the lunar maria several billion years ago are still present and active today." ...

Since the first observation of the far side of the Moon in the 60s, it has been clear that there are major differences ...

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point of interest on Jupiter's moon Io. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Moon rocks, on the other hand, can be more complicated to interpret, and have been providing a variety of ages. Together, the two processes suggest the moon is about 4.35 billion years old.