Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, ...

The Chang'e 5 return capsule containing the Earth's newest moon rocks is loaded into a truck. Credit: Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images The newest moon rocks to have landed on Earth are now headed ...

“You need to go to one of these airless bodies like the moon and find old rocks from maybe 250 million years ago, and then you can understand how our whole solar system evolves.” And just as ...

With that in mind, it is not surprising that one of the most common gifts given by the United States during the 1970’s was rocks or dirt from the moon that was attained during one of the missions.

When the crew of Apollo 17 went to the moon in December 1972, one of their tasks was to bring back rock and soil samples so that scientists could better understand the moon’s geologic history.

It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing planets, including one last giant impact that threw enough rock, gas, and dust into space to form the ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — A moon rock will be displayed in the United States’ pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, starting April 13, the U.S. Department of State said Friday.