For decades, scientists have been trying to understand why some rocks on the moon are strongly magnetized even though the moon has no magnetic field today. "The majority of the strong magnetic fields ...

Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized. A new study suggests that a major cataclysm, over and ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A moon rock given to South Carolina after the Apollo missions was considered “missing.” Now, decades later, FOX Carolina found its location and uncovered its history ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and brought ...

Since the moon will be out in the evening sky the next two weeks, let's explore another of its curious behaviors. Have you ever noticed that it "rolls" from one side to the other during the night?

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 to address as a team of researchers ...

When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon 55 years ago, he also collected lunar rocks and soil along the way to bring back to Earth. At the time, there were 135 of them. Some of them were ...

The samples come from just a few pinpoints. It's not yet realistic to generalize much. I am reminded of an old story about three blind men who are brought to an elephant. One gets hold of the trunk, ...