A study using Chang’e-6 farside basalts reveals an unexpected boost in the Moon's magnetic field strength 2.8 billion years ...

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing ...

Japan’s SLIM lunar mission set new exploration milestones. NASA's Perseverance rover uncovered key Mars discoveries. Europa Clipper launched to explore potential life on Jupiter's moon.

Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, may be round, as opposed to the oval ...

The Moon bears its history on its skin. Earth's only permanent natural satellite is scored and scarred with billions of years ...

The biggest and oldest of these scars is a monster crater, one of the largest, not just on the Moon, but in the entire Solar System. The South Pole-Aitken basin covers nearly a quarter of the Moon ...

New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, may be round, as opposed to the oval shape than scientists ...

New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, may be round, as opposed to the oval shape than scientists ...

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old that preserves secrets about the moon's early history, much like a ...

Since 2005, one spot in particular — the Solfatara crater — has been releasing increased volumes of gas, catching the attention of researchers and locals alike. Gianmarco Buono, a volcanologist at the ...

One of those was Max Kepler. Kepler, 32 in February, is a guy who does a lot of things well but doesn’t really stand out in any one particular area. On offense, he has a bit of pop but not too much.

Mission 2 follows the company's first attempt to land on the moon in April 2023. That mission ended in failure after an altitude sensor was confused by the unaccounted-for detection of a crater ...