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

A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA ...

Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest ...

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

Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...

It points to a massive asteroid impact that reshaped the moon’s mantle around the Chang’e landing site billions of years ago. The South Pole-Aitken Basin, where Chang’e 6 landed, is no ordinary crater ...

Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary body in the solar system, and it has tons of ice on its surface as well. For decades. researchers ...

The largest, Titan, is bigger than the planet ... Mimas has a gaping crater that gives the rocky moon a strong resemblance to the fictional Death Star in the "Star Wars" movies.

Lunar craters that are relics of the Late Heavy Bombardment are mostly obvious, since the Moon has hardly any weather phenomena (because of the lack of atmosphere), no plate tectonics, no liquid ...

Intuitive Machines Inc. has ended is second moon-landing mission after less than 24 hours on the lunar surface, the space-exploration company announced Friday, confirming that its Athena lander ...

the first data center and cellular network on the moon. Despite the lander's configuration, Intuitive Machines was able to collect just 250 megabytes of data for NASA, the space agency said in a blog.