Traces of Earth's primordial magma ocean discovered in lava from a modern volcanic eruption

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Jul 6, 2026, 12:00 pm50 ptsTrending
In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led to the discovery of an underwater volcano, now called Fani Maoré. Multiple scientific expeditions followed, taking samples of the recently erupted lava. When a team of researchers…

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