The Ancient Blazing Volcanoes Of The Moon Explained
- 9 years ago
The moon was once consumed by fountains of fire—massive volcanoes shooting geysers of lava and plumes of smoke into the almost nonexistent atmosphere—fed by rivers of molten magma below the primeval lunar surface.
The moon was once consumed by fountains of fire—massive volcanoes shooting geysers of lava and plumes of smoke into the almost nonexistent atmosphere—fed by rivers of molten magma below the primeval lunar surface. The culprit? Carbon monoxide.
Scientists have been aware of the moon's volcanic past for quite some time, but were never quite sure as to how Earth's natural satellite produced such showy blazes—similar to those made by the volcanoes of Iceland.
A study recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience used a state-of-the-art ion probe to re-analyze glass beads recovered from the moon during the final Apollo
The moon was once consumed by fountains of fire—massive volcanoes shooting geysers of lava and plumes of smoke into the almost nonexistent atmosphere—fed by rivers of molten magma below the primeval lunar surface. The culprit? Carbon monoxide.
Scientists have been aware of the moon's volcanic past for quite some time, but were never quite sure as to how Earth's natural satellite produced such showy blazes—similar to those made by the volcanoes of Iceland.
A study recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience used a state-of-the-art ion probe to re-analyze glass beads recovered from the moon during the final Apollo