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

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

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 ...

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.

There are many aspects of the human presence on the Moon that need to come together in just the right fashion for a potential colony up there (and elsewhere in the solar system) to succeed. One of the ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming disk encircling a large exoplanet. The carbon ...

Growing evidence suggests that a subsurface ocean lurks beneath the icy surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, but new research, published in Icarus, characterizes the possible evolution of this ocean, and ...

Tucked away in the charming town of Grantsville, Maryland sits a two-story treasure trove that defies our disposable culture – Blue Moon Antiques, where history, craftsmanship, and unexpected ...

Earth is far from a static place. That's true in the present, but it's even more apparent when you look to the past, as Earth has changes quite a bit over time.

The Moon appears unchanging in the night sky, but its movement hides a slow transformation. For decades, scientists have observed that our satellite is gradually moving away from Earth, year ...

Biosphere 2 isn’t just the site of a famous human experiment. Today, scientists there work to understand how life emerges in barren environments.