Recent research has shed light on the role of the Moon’s largest impact crater in explaining the stark visual and geological differences between the Moon’s near side, which faces Earth, and its far ...

A new discovery on the Moon has scientists excited. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has identified a fresh crater, one that’s smaller than most, yet remarkable in its characteristics. This ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.

Before humans send probes to space to mine for precious metals on asteroids, they could find vast quantities of minerals like platinum on the Moon’s craters, a new study suggests. Minerals like ...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --A new study published Tuesday suggested that the moon's far side of the moon may be colder than the near side. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, found that rock ...

U.S. astronauts who return to the moon’s surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a permanent ...