The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater. Tektites are natural glass formed when debris falls back to Earth after a ...

Nestled in the heart of New Zealand’s geothermal wonderland, Craters of the Moon Taupō invites visitors to embark on a journey through one of the region’s most mesmerizing landscapes.

For decades, scientists believed the moon’s surface is geologically dead and had stopped shifting billions of years ago. Large ridges on its near side were thought to have formed as the moon shrank ...

The moon is an integral part of the sky above us. Over time, each month’s full moon has acquired a unique name of its own: ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Landing on the moon is one of the most challenging things humanity has attempted. Perhaps that’s part of what drives us to keep trying.

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halema'uma'u crater. Kilauea volcano entered its fourth eruptive episode on Thursday ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

US reg­u­la­tors have re­ject­ed a T cell ther­a­py for a rare and se­ri­ous trans­plant com­pli­ca­tion re­lat­ed to Ep­stein-Barr virus from Atara Bio­ther­a­peu­tics and ...

The two landers blasted toward the moon, lifting off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar ...

SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for two separate companies looking to jumpstart business on the Moon. The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s ...

Venus may be grabbing all of the headlines, but the craters of Mercury's north pole region star in the latest stunning images from the $1.8 billion BepiColumbo mission. Flying just 183 miles (295 ...