Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two side by side images of the moon, the image on the left shows bright red regions surrounded by green whereas the image on the ...

Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark, flat areas on the moon filled with ...

Humanity’s influence on the moon is so great that we should define a new geological epoch, just as we are doing on Earth with the creation of the Anthropocene, researchers argue. We should also create ...

It's been half a century since humans last retrieved samples of the moon's surface, and we're finally going back — with better technology, too. With the successful Artemis 1 test flight in December ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At least, that's what planetary scientists who have discovered 266 lunar "wrinkle ...

A lunar meteorite is revealing some unknown secrets about the Moon's volcanic history. The meteorite, Northwest Africa 16286, was uncovered in Africa in 2023. Researchers estimate that it is the ...

Data from India’s recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the Moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings in the journal Nature ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, a small planet smashed into the young Earth, flinging molten rock into space. Slowly, the debris coalesced, cooled and solidified, forming our moon. This scenario of how ...

Scientists have studied the moon’s surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark, flat areas on the moon filled with ...