What the rover found was soil composed mostly of an igneous rock called anorthosite. The Lunar Magma Ocean hypothesis suggests that the moon’s mantle — the layer above the metallic core and ...

A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.

Dubbed the Genesis Rock, it was identified as anorthosite, a piece of the moon ... discoveries would not have been possible without the lunar roving vehicle, or LRV, that made its debut on ...

As the magma ocean cooled, crystals formed within it. Some rocks and minerals like ferroan anorthosite rose to the top to ...

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts. And ...

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