Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

In 2020, scientists reported the detection of hematite, an iron oxide mineral otherwise known as rust, distributed through ...

When the Artemis program returns humans to the lunar surface, astronauts may want to make sure they’re up to date on their ...

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding ...

The researchers recreated Moon-like conditions in the lab by hitting rocks with oxygen and hydrogen particles to see how the ...

A new British study swirled new evidence on the moon's frigid space temperatures, suggesting its different sides hold vastly ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new ...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new ...

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so different than its side always facing our planet. And the differences run deeper ...

A recent study suggests oxygen leaking from Earth's atmosphere may be behind the presence of hematite, a type of rust, near ...