Two valleys extending away from a giant crater suggest that upcoming Artemis missions are more likely to sample ancient lunar ...

The astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 lunar mission became the first humans to directly view the far side of the moon during ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting the moon in December 2032, a slight rise from NASA’s February estimate of 1.7%.

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

While it’s hard to see directly as a classic crater shape, due to its age ... with a Mars-sized body that gave birth to the Moon about 4.5 billion years ago. The problem is, there aren ...

YR4, previously dreaded to crash into Earth, is no longer a risk after fresh information altered its path, but it has a 2% ...

Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.

Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team ...

"We know large impacts were common in the early solar system from looking at the moon," Professor Johnson said. "Until now, the absence of any truly ancient craters means they are largely ignored ...

"Exceptionally preserved" shatter cones – that is, cone-shaped fractures found ... in a statement. The moon itself, with more than a million craters exceeding one kilometer ...