It lights our sky and shapes our tides — but the Moon’s real story is stranger than fiction. From its impossible age to the ...

The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas continues to build.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new ...

A recent study suggests oxygen leaking from Earth's atmosphere may be behind the presence of hematite, a type of rust, near ...

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is not uniform. Researchers suggest fewer heat-producing elements on the far ...

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process ...

The bold question-askers at What If examine the impact if the moon never formed. Dolly Parton breaks silence on health after sister calls for prayers ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so ...