Growing evidence suggests that a subsurface ocean lurks beneath the icy surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, but new research, ...

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

Anthony Wood joined Space.com in April 2025 after contributing articles to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He ...

China's Chang'e 6 mission returned the first-ever far-side lunar samples, revealing new insights into the moon's interior.

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

The Moon has always been a plain, grayscale, landscape. Its plains and craters offer some variety, but the lunar surface ...

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 ...

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

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

A recent study published in National Science Review conducted change detection in the youngest, topographically steepest, and ...

As of Monday, Sept. 29, the moon phase is First Quarter, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 46% of its surface ...

Scientists were surprised to notice that the Moon is rusting, a process that typically requires oxygen and water, both of ...