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India's Lunar Mission Finds Remnants of Magma Ocean on Moon


Ahead of the first anniversary of its successful landing on the south pole of the Moon, India's Chandrayaan-3 mission has uncovered evidence that a vast magma ocean may have once existed under the lunar surface.

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