Scientists may finally understand how a unique rock type was created on the moon and came to be distributed across the lunar surface. The revelation could solve a puzzle that has long confused ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At least, that's what planetary scientists who have discovered 266 lunar "wrinkle ...

On June 1, 2024, China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft achieved a historic landing in the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin—a region long ...

Humanity’s influence on the moon is so great that we should define a new geological epoch, just as we are doing on Earth with the creation of the Anthropocene, researchers argue. We should also create ...

By measuring iron isotopes in Moon rocks and meteorites, researchers determined Theia probably formed closer to the Sun than Earth did, not in the distant outer Solar System. Identical twins: Earth ...

Scientists have studied the moon’s surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark, flat areas on the moon filled with ...

The study of our Moon has experienced a renaissance in recent years, particularly through ongoing and planned sample return missions, which allow us to study lunar rock samples at unprecedented detail ...

Lunar impact glass becomes a mighty mountain in new 'Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space' images (exclusive) ...

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon ...

More than five decades have passed since Neil Armstrong took his “giant leap for mankind” by setting foot on the moon. Now a NASA test team, including a Western Carolina University professor, is ...

Scientists may finally understand the process that creates a unique moon rock type. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists ...