It is the test bed for a collaboration between academics, space agencies and mineral exploration companies which aims to ...

How geologically active was the Moon when it first formed and shortly after? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt 2025 conference hopes | Space ...

The Moon’s former surface sank to the depths, ... ended up in what are now titanium-rich flows of volcanic rock. In other words, the Moon’s old face vanished, only to resurface.

Even so, the face of the moon is slowly beginning to emerge. Poring over the moon rocks with their microscopes, spectroscopes and radiation counters, the LRL’s scientists have already pried ...

Missions to the moon’s far side are more difficult because it doesn’t face the Earth, requiring a relay satellite to maintain communications. The terrain is also more rugged, with fewer flat ...

BEIJING — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the ...

Astro Bob: Watch the moon rock 'n' roll! The face of the "Man in the Moon" appears to rotate clockwise as the moon moves from east to west during the night. While it appears the moon is turning ...

Japan’s historic moon mission has ended with a successful face plant into the lunar surface. Although the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down within 100 meters, or 328 feet ...

China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth.

A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.