Some parts of the moon are more interesting than others, especially when searching for future places for humans to land and work. There are also some parts of the moon about which we know less than ...

For decades, scientists have considered the moon a dead world—a silent, unchanging landscape where nothing stirs. However, a new study has challenged this idea. For the first time, researchers have ...

A study published in the journal Icarus, titled "Recent boulder falls on the Moon," reveals new evidence of boulder collapses on the lunar surface, overturning our understanding of lunar geology. By ...

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

A new study reveals that seismic activity on the Moon may threaten the stability of future long-term infrastructure. A recent study found that ground shaking caused by moonquakes, not meteorite ...

The Moon’s geological history is recorded in a rich tapestry of impact structures, volcanic deposits, and tectonic features that reveal its complex evolution. Recent advances in remote sensing, in ...

The Moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the origins of these differences long puzzled scientists. China's Chang'e-6 ...

Image of the Northest Africa 16286 sample obtained using a scanning electron microscope. These are what’s referred to as “backscattered electron images”, and the different shades of grey highlight ...

For folks that have seen solar eclipses, they happen fairly rapidly. The lunar eclipse is a far more relaxed environment,” said Noah Petro, chief of NASA’s Planetary Geology, Geophysics and ...

These boulders, ranging in size from a few meters to hundreds of meters and weighing several tons, occasionally roll down cliffs and crater walls, stirring up clouds of dust on the lunar surface and ...