"Our results represent the most globally complete understanding of recent lunar tectonism to date," Nypaver said. "The presence of these additional tectonic features in the lunar maria suggests that ...

Credit: NASA. The dark plains of the Moon, known as maria, were once thought of as a geological retirement home. These vast ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the ...

The Moon is slowly shrinking as its interior cools, and that contraction is generating faults and seismic activity in the ...

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest lunar mysteries.

Earth's cosmic neighbourhood is more dynamic than imagined, hosting temporary 'mini-moons' captured by gravity and ...

Humans haven’t been back to the moon since the Apollo moons program ended over five decade ago. The reasons why go beyond science, according to experts.

Last year, Musk said "the moon is a distraction." Now, he's talking about building a city there. The shift may be more ...

The Moon's surface, photographed by Apollo astronauts. New data from China's Chang'e missions suggests there may have been active volcanoes on the Moon as recently as 120 million years ago. (NASA ...

Researchers made a tantalizing discovery after they MacGyver-ed old data from a radar instrument on a satellite gathered 14 years ago from the Moon. When they used the mission data in a fresh new way, ...

It's unclear if the experiments will make it to the moon, however, as Peregrine suffered an anomaly shortly after launch. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...