A new study from China's Yutu-2 moon rover reveals how intense volcanic eruptions once poured across the moon's surface.
Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsBillions of years ago, the quiet moon we know today was once a wild and violent place washed by volcanic eruptions, according to new data from the Chinese Yutu-2 rover.
The paper qualifies the deposits as "three or four" because the results were difficult to interpret for the age or even the type of deposit. According to the paper, the deepest layer, which began at 720 feet, was either a hardened basalt flow or debris from the nearby Leibnitz basin. Just above it, the researchers identified a 200-foot section of hardened lava without qualification.
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