Researchers have also suggested that an asteroid impact triggered the moon’s lopsidedness. Now, lunar rock and soil samples ...

Our nearest neighbor, the moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

The near side of the Moon, which faces the Earth, is thinner, while the mysterious far side is crammed with thick layers of ...

A group of Chinese researchers revealed that the volatile loss from the lunar mantle was induced by the giant impact that ...

Before humans send probes to space to mine for precious metals on asteroids, they could find vast quantities of minerals like platinum on the Moon’s craters, a new study suggests. Minerals like ...

Material from the crater can "tell the story of the late evolution of the lunar magma ocean," scientists say. A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and ...

U.S. astronauts who return to the moon’s surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a permanent ...

The moon’s oldest and largest crater didn’t form in the way astronomers thought, according to a detailed analysis of its shape, which would rewrite the moon’s early history. The South Pole-Aitken (SPA ...

International Observe the Moon Night 2025 is upon us! Here's what to look for when the lunar disk rises above the eastern horizon on Oct. 4. Each year NASA teams up with a host of international ...

This suggests that when the South Pole-Aitken impactor hit, it gouged deep into the Moon, generating intense heat. This ...