02 October 2018
New technique could provide fresh insights into how the Moon was formed
... ‘unlock’ this information by producing 3D images which are then mapped to reveal the history of individual crystals of olivine. Dr. Matt Pankhurst of Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias and NASA lunar principle investigator explains; “With this new...
06 January 2020
New evidence suggests that Venus has active volcanoes
... Planetary Institute (LPI) and his colleagues did. In the lab, the team looked at how an abundant mineral, olivine, found in lava rocks known as basalt, reacts when exposed to an atmosphere as hellish as Venus’. Dr Filiberto and colleagues found...
