Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon during Earth’s dinosaur age ... updating previous assessments that there had been no active lunar volcanoes for about 4 billion years.

Tiny Glass Beads Suggest the Moon Had Active Volcanoes When Dinosaurs Roamed Earth NEW YORK (AP) — Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests.

You need heat in order for volcanoes to happen, and 120 million years ago, the moon shouldn’t have had enough heat — or so we thought. The heat for the Moon’s original volcanic activity ...

Their chemical makeup indicates there were active lunar volcanoes until about 120 million ... Existing time lines suggest the moon had already cooled off past the point of volcanic activity ...

Scientists know there were active volcanoes on the near side, the part of the moon seen from Earth, dating back to a similar time frame. Previous studies, including data from NASA's Lunar ...

The story of these glass beads begins with explosive volcanic activity that would have been spectacular to witness. The beads formed when lunar volcanoes shot material from the interior to the surface ...

Scientists know there were active volcanoes on the near side, the part of the moon seen from Earth, dating back to a similar time frame. Previous studies, including data from NASA's Lunar ...

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

Their chemical makeup indicates that there were active lunar volcanoes until about 120 million ... Existing time lines suggest the moon had already cooled off past the point of volcanic activity ...