The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL (University College London) and Peking ...

When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would still be challenging scientists' understanding of lunar history today.

The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago.

Astronauts of Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon for more than 50 years hope their journey inspires a new generation.

NASA has announced the four astronauts for the Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission in the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface. The crew includes Navy test pilot ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, even though the system is young enough that it should still have a ...

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding another layer of strangeness to this mysterious lunar region.

China's Chang'e 6 mission returned the first-ever far-side lunar samples, revealing new insights into the moon's interior. Lunar samples reveal the far side of the moon, hidden from Earth's view, may ...

Among them is Professor Yang Li, a geoscientist at Beijing’s Peking University and an honorary professor at the University College London. His team have discovered that the inside of the mysterious ...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL (University College London) and Peking ...

The farside possesses a thicker crust - the outermost layer of the planet - and is more mountainous and cratered.

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process more commonly known as rusting. This mineral is found widely on Earth, but ...