“Chandrayaan’s moon mineralogy mapper has confirmed the magma ocean hypothesis, meaning that the moon was once completely molten, a senior scientist said Wednesday.

“It proves beyond doubt the magma ocean hypothesis. There is no other way this massive rock type could be formed,” said Carle Pieters, science manager at the NASA-supported spectroscopy facility at Brown University in the US.”

(from The Economic Times/The India Times)

(Image: Astronaut Jack Schmitt uses a rake to collect lunar dirt during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. / NASA. There is no molten rock in this image so stop looking for it.)