Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward…
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The Moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, has captivated humanity for millennia and remains a vital focus of scientific research and exploration. Its surface preserves a record of the solar system’s early history, offering insights into planetary formation, asteroid impacts, and volcanic activity. Modern studies of the Moon inform our understanding of Earth’s tides, climate stability, and even the potential for future human settlement beyond our planet. From lunar geology to the search for water ice and new missions from space agencies and private companies, explore the latest findings and developments in Moon science and exploration.
Using an instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scientists have observed water molecules moving…
Every object, planet, or person traveling through space has to contend with the Sun’s damaging…
Astronomers call it “the moon that shouldn’t be there.” After several years of analysis, a…
Every few hours observing the Moon, ESA’s ‘NELIOTA’ project discovers a brilliant flash of light…
In December 2017, President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-1, in which the president directed…
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has…
Lunar masonry starts on Earth. European researchers are working with Moon dust simulants that could…
The detection of “minimoons” — small asteroids temporarily captured in orbit around Earth — will…
ESO Photo Ambassador Petr Horálek captured this photoset while visiting ESO’s high-altitude Paranal Observatory in…
When the Apollo astronauts returned from the Moon, the dust that clung to their spacesuits…
A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University’s Frontier Research Institute…
As NASA shifts human exploration back to the Moon, U.S. commercial partnerships will be a…
“The directive I am signing today will refocus America’s space program on human exploration and…
In the fall of 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission released its original Tour…
NASA is looking at how the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway can create value for both robotic…
A detailed study of a giant impact crater on the Moon’s far side could provide…
A new explanation for the Moon’s origin has it forming inside the Earth when our…