In the night sky, it gleams like a white jewel, dusting the world below in silver light. Beyond this luminous glow lurks a shadowy land, just as elusive as it is mysterious. When humans first visited ...

An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the early ...

Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed. After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts ...

A half-century-old Moon rock, sealed away since the Apollo era, has just forced scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about our nearest neighbor. By slicing into a sample that had been ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and brought ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to understand why some rocks on the moon are strongly magnetized even though the moon has no magnetic field today. "The majority of the strong magnetic fields ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon. When ...

A moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions had adorned Joe Biden's Oval Office throughout his entire presidential administration. But, since President Donald Trump took office in January, the moon ...

The moon rock will be given back to NASA, according to a space agency spokesperson. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

Since the moon will be out in the evening sky the next two weeks, let's explore another of its curious behaviors. Have you ever noticed that it "rolls" from one side to the other during the night?