Could lava tubes on the Moon and Mars play a role in establishing a human presence on those worlds? Possibly,…
Natural processes here on Earth continually re-shape the planet's surface. Craters from ancient asteroid strikes are erased in a short…
A new study indicates that the Moon is actually younger than we thought, and wasn't finished forming until the Earth's…
In January 2019, China landed its Chang'e 4 mission on the Moon's far side. The Yutu-2 rover got busy exploring…
The oldest stars in the Universe are cloaked in darkness. Their redshift is so high, we can only wonder about…
A new study shows that the Moon is more metal-rich than previously thought. That has some far-reaching implications for our…
The Moon is easily the most well-studied object in the Solar System, (other than Earth, of course.) But it still…
On July 2, 2019, the Moon cast its shadow on the surface of the Earth. This time, the shadow's path…
The Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon, yes. But they also hopped, bounded, and shuffled. And sometimes they fell, spectacularly.…
The first lunar maps consisted of simply the best images of the Moon from Earth-based telescopes, which were converted to…