Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest ...

The resulting interpretation of the moon's surface is supported by the Ranger pictures With the technique of stratigraphy the geologist can ascertain the relative age of lunar features.

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and ...

Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

Mars is the Red Planet, but turns out the moon has the makings of a reddish cast, too. Yes, scientists have found rust on the moon. The question is: why?

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

Skywatchers snapped photos of the "blood moon" hovering above North and South America last night. Here's a gallery of images ...

It noted that knowing the formation time of the 2,500-kilometer-wide SPA basin, which is located on the moon's far side, ...