Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are among ...

New observations of the Moon have now found small mare ridges (SMRs), faults located in the lunar maria, the dark basalt plains of the Moon. These are what we normally call seas, such as the Sea of ...

Exploring claims on the internet deepens instruction by helping students understand how knowledge is created and when it can ...

The map unveils small mare ridges, geologically young features that will aid the selection of landing sites for future Moon ...

Every now and then, I fall down a late-night rabbit hole reading space facts, and the 30 on this list are the ones that truly messed with my brain. Fair warning: you might need a minute to recover ...

It’s not that rare for the Moon to pass in front of Mercury, but it seldom happens when it is this easy to watch.

Scientists are proposing to build a laser in a crater on the moon to help future lunar missions land safely in the dark and find their way around. This ultra-stable light source could also help us ...

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smallest moons, has long fascinated scientists with its icy surface and mysterious geysers.

Imagine you're all alone, driving along in a rocky, unforgiving desert with no roads, no map, no GPS, and no more than one phone call a day for someone to inform you exactly where you are. That's what ...

Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for ...

Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device. The method ...

Researchers say a palm-sized piece of glass could store the equivalent of 2 million books for over 10,000 years.