article_snippet: Research led by Durham University reveals that a lunar volcanic eruption would have sent debris across an area the size of Scotland on the lunar surface.
article_snippet: And Research led by Durham University are going to use Research led by Durham University same technique to map a lunar volcanic eruptionMars.
article_snippet: Research led by Durham University Durham University studied a lunar volcanic eruption.
article_snippet: Research led by Durham University found that the eruption was much bigger than was thought.
article_snippet: Research led by Durham University erupted 3.5 billion years ago (illustration of Earth from around this time with the moon 3.5 billion years ago) and covered a Scotland-sized area in debris.
article_snippet: The findings were led by experts in the Institute for Computational Cosmology and Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, UK.
article_snippet: experts in the Institute for Computational Cosmology and Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, UK found that a lunar volcanic eruption threw rock five times further than the flow of rock and gas that buried the Roman city of Pompeii.
article_snippet: With the help of the moon 3.5 billion years ago's low gravity, debris from a lunar volcanic eruption spread over an area of 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres).
article_snippet: an area of 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres) shows where debris from a lunar volcanic eruption went, spreading 185 miles (300km) east .
article_snippet: Jack Wilson, a PhD student in Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology, said Jack Wilson, a PhD student in Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology was surprised by the gigantic scale of the explosion. '
article_snippet: By mapping the radioactive content of the lava from this volcano we have been able to show that molten, radioactive rock was thrown far beyond the slopes of this volcano, reaching several hundred miles in one direction.'
highlights_snippet: Research led by Durham University studied a lunar volcanic eruption .
  
highlights_snippet: Research led by Durham University found that a lunar volcanic eruption was much bigger than was thought .
  
highlights_snippet: the eruption was much bigger than was thought erupted 3.5 billion years ago and covered a Scotland-sized area in debris .
  