A half century after NASA's Apollo 17 lunar module lifted off the moon's northeastern near side quadrant, planetary ...

A subtle chemical trace locked inside ancient lunar samples is reshaping how scientists understand the Moon’s earliest history, pointing to the unexpected presence of oxygen during its formation.

Two new minerals have been discovered in lunar dust, revealing secrets about the Moon's formation and internal evolution.

Earth and the moon may look very different today, but they formed under similar conditions in space. In fact, a dominant hypothesis says that the early Earth was hit by a Mars-sized object, and it was ...

Moon, as seen from the UK. Image by Tim Sandle Moon, as seen from the UK. Image by Tim Sandle Moonquakes are more common than previously thought, a consequence of a shrinking and, at the same time, ...