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

Lava from these eruptions (more of which happened on the near side) ended up in what are now titanium-rich flows of volcanic rock. In other words, the Moon’s old face vanished, only to resurface.

No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...

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 ...

True “moon face” is brought on by a “buildup of fat deposits throughout the face and it’s usually due to excessive cortisol production,” said Rocco.

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, it's actually you, the observer.

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 ...

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 ...

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 better-known ne… ...

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 ...

Meet the first cosmic rock stars of a new era of lunar exploration. NASA has revealed four astronauts who will lead the first crewed moon mission in more than half a century.

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.