The near side is characterized by the famous "Man in the Moon" — a pattern created by large dark patches called lunar maria. The maria are vast, solidified lava plains that formed between 3.2 ...

Just hours after touching down on the surface of the moon on March 2nd aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lander, the ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

The Museum of the Moon, a luminous sculpture by internationally renowned artist Luke Jerram, was unveiled at St Canice's ...

Blue Ghost will land in Mare Crisium, a 350-mile-wide ancient impact basin on the Moon, which is filled with lava from an ancient eruption.

Researchers described the planet as "Io on steroids". Io, Jupiter's third largest moon, is the most volcanic body in our solar system, with every inch of its surface covered in lava plains.

The moon’s dark plains were often labelled “seas” because ... The other map reproduced here shows the Sea of Humors, a plain of what was once lava, dotted with smaller craters.

Scientists now believe these vast lava plains differ in composition and structure from the rest of the Moon. From its unique location, LMS could provide the first geophysical data truly ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft identifies over 40 enormous lava lakes on Io, shedding light on the extreme volcanism sculpting Jupiter’s moon.

Despite their name, the lunar seas are plains of solidified lava which appear dark on the Moon’s disc. Many lunar seas are large enough to spot with just your eyes, so see how many you can ...

“These vast, linked lava plains are now thought to be compositionally and structurally anomalous with respect to the rest of the Moon. From this separate vantage point, LMS may provide the first ...