A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret.

Researchers have discovered a large mass beneath the surface of the moon that is five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii, according to a new study from Baylor University. It may be metal from ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of ...

Scientists have announced they have found a "freckle" on the Moon. Researchers at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon ...

Iron rust’ found in lunar soil challenges what we know about Moon’s surface - Minerals formed during large-scale meteorite ...

When NASA’s Artemis astronauts touch down near the moon’s south pole in the coming years, they may step into one of the ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can turn lunar minerals into haematite, also known as rust. The discovery adds to ...

Like pipes, statues and nails, the moon can rust. Such rusting has occurred despite a seeming lack of necessary components — but all signs of blame point to the Earth. A new study posits that the ...