The loss of the magma played a crucial role in the moon's landscape formation. There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing ...

Researchers suggest this is because Mimas' ocean dwells 12 to 18 miles (20 to 30 kilometers) below the moon's 15-mile-thick frozen shell. An image from the Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Mimas.

leaves and Vietnam. “Like in the spring, people think of Japan in this very pink, cherry blossom, Zen way,” said Erin Phuong Steinhauer, whose goal is to weave the Vietnamese mid-autumn moon ...