While making the deliveries, the Blue Ghost lander experienced one lunar day. During the course of that day, it captured ...

For decades, scientists have pieced together the moon’s history using samples from its near side, collected during NASA’s Apollo missions. But then in May 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission touched down ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the solar system was just getting started, a Mars-size protoplanet named Theia ...

Researchers are still not sure how old the moon is. However, there is now growing evidence that it is almost as old as our ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

Chandrayaan-3 has discovered potential widespread ice deposits beneath the Moon's surface, especially near the poles.

A Chinese study found that the Moon was wholly covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early phases of its formation. A study by the China National Space Administration, published in the ...

"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.