Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander captured a nice photo of the moon's south polar region. The probe is gearing up for a ...

There should be rocks showing both impact shock and high magnetism located near the lunar South Pole on the far side of the ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

Using computer simulations, the researchers uncovered a scenario in which an ancient asteroid impact briefly amplified that field, just long enough for nearby rocks to capture and record its magnetic ...

The optical illusion occurs because people are used to interpreting shadows as coming from an overhead light source. But that's not necessarily the orientation of spacecraft. In many satellite photos, ...

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

Over the next few weeks, residents across the United States will be able to observe two key lunar phases lighting up the ...

A massive impact may have sent a shockwave through the moon, jolting rocks just as a magnetic spike peaked and leaving behind ...

Our satellite is a little off-balance. GRAIL data show a mass asymmetry of a few percent between its near and far sides.

On the evening of May 27, the 23-hour-old moon will appear low in the northwestern sky starting about a half-hour after ...

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and ...