Target of probe changed to boost chance of finding water ice on moon. Sept. 29, 2009— -- NASA's LCROSS spacecraft, which is set to collide with the moon next week, has switched its targeted ...

As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric ...

Basalt samples from China's Chang'e-6 mission helped researchers for the first time to precisely measure the age of volcanic eruptions on the far side of the Moon. After analyzing the sample, ...

This suggests that when the South Pole-Aitken impactor hit, it gouged deep into the Moon, generating intense heat. This ...

A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean, researchers say. Crewmembers on upcoming Artemis missions could potentially ...

REVISE THE ARTEMIS CAMPAIGN IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. INTUITIVE MACHINES IS SET TO LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE LUNAR LANDER WILL BE A RESOURCE TO SEARCH FOR WATER BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE ...

Using images and thermal data collected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Southwest Research Institute scientists and their collaborators have calculated the ages of large lunar craters ...

Before humans send probes to space to mine for precious metals on asteroids, they could find vast quantities of minerals like platinum on the Moon’s craters, a new study suggests. Minerals like ...

Anyone equipped with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope can take a look at the spectacular and ever-changing landscape of the Moon. The Moon is one of the more familiar extraterrestrial places ...

The International Astronomical Union has named a lunar crater–the “Henson Crater”– after Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson, an extraordinary explorer who journeyed to Earth’s North Pole. He led several ...