The source of the heat for its volcanoes and vents remains a puzzle. Our Moon, about 28 percent larger than Triton, has only a cold core. The best guess is that its relatively high density ...

"We suggest that the processes which formed the lunar maria several billion years ago are still present and active today." ...

So how do Earthly volcanoes differ from those erupting ... Other worlds with possible cryovolcanism include Triton (Neptune's largest moon), Pluto, and Charon (Pluto's largest moon).

It has ice volcanoes. Instead of lava ... That kind of activity is rare on moons. Triton’s surface is covered in ice, and there’s a chance that liquid water exists deep below.

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research confirms. Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by ...

In order to produce volcanoes, you need the material to be ... "On Ceres (an icy asteroid) there are a few isolated mountains, and on Triton (moon of Neptune) there are vast flat smooth areas ...

NASA/JPL/USGS NASA has proposed sending a spacecraft to Neptune in order to study its largest moon, Triton, up close. Representative’s from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) announced the plan ...

The moon's surface is seen in this image; could volcanoes be to blame for the structure of Earth's cosmic companion?. | Credit: NASA Ancient volcanic heat may have shaped the moon from the inside ...