The Moon’s surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometres across ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...

Recent breakthroughs in lunar sample analysis from both the Apollo 16 mission and the far side of the moon have unveiled fresh insights into the moon's ancient asteroid bombardment history.

Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

The Italian Space Agency has picked European company Blue Skies Space to build a fleet of satellites around the moon to map ...

An academic from the Open University (OU) has been selected as the first UK scientist to carry out research on Moon samples ...

Our moon bears a lot of responsibility: Its gravitational pull on the planet influences ocean tides; it can tell us a lot about the history of our solar system; and the midcentury race to land on ...

The far side of the Moon is much drier than expected. Getting a better idea of how much water is on the Moon is important not just for future astronauts, but also to understand how it formed. There ...