He said lava tubes provide ideal shelter from the intense conditions of space. "On the lunar surface, you get 13.8 days of sunlight, then 13.8 days of night—with temperatures ranging from 130°C ...

Civil China is taking a keen interest in lava tubes as possible lunar habitats China’s lunar plans should be a wake up call to NASA, according to lunar scientist by Andrew Jones September 9, 2024 ...

These lava tubes should ideally be found anywhere in the universe near basalt volcanoes, like on the moon or Mars, but that notion has long been hypothetical — until now.

Scientists have discovered lava tubes just under the surface of the Moon. The team used radar to answer a question scientists have been asking for over 50 years. If we’re lucky, these tubes ...

Scientists have discovered lava tubes just under the surface of the Moon. The team used radar to answer a question scientists have been asking for over 50 years. If we’re lucky, these tubes ...

Scientists have discovered lava tubes just under the surface of the Moon. The team used radar to answer a question scientists have been asking for over 50 years. If we’re lucky, these tubes could end ...

The result is “the first direct evidence of an accessible lava tube under the surface of the Moon,” Lorenzo Bruzzone, a remote-sensing expert at the University of Trento, said in a press release.

Lava tubes are caves created when lava passes through natural channels and eventually cools into dark-coloured stone. Over long periods, as the rock above the hardened lava gradually widens, it ...

The so-called red tube is a product of the lava rivers that, three years ago, flowed down into the small town of Todoque. Today a pair of entrances about 200 feet apart allow air to circulate.

In this lava tube, named Umm Jirsan and the first in Saudi Arabia to be excavated, they uncovered stone tool fragments, animal remains and human bones, the oldest of which were close to 7,000 ...

The rock art described by the team was found at a nearby collapsed lava tube northeast of Umm Jirsan. The researchers reported 16 rock art panels depicting cattle, sheep, goats, and possibly ibexes.