China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returned to Earth on Tuesday, bringing back the first-ever samples from the unexplored far side of the moon.
Motorcyclists have long ridden on an apparatus called the “wall of death,” which involves driving in circles parallel to the ground. Scientists are theorizing that something similar could be used for astronauts to exercise on the Moon.
469219 Kamo’oalewa as a near-Earth asteroid and a quasi-satellite to Earth. However, in 2021, astronomers using spectroscopy revealed that Kamo’oalewa might in fact be a piece of the moon.
Scientists seem to have figured out why the Moon is made up of such weird and heavy rocks - way back in the day, it turned itself inside out.
The White House in U.S. has recently directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies.
The research team explored changes to reef noise levels when the moon rises and sets.
Odysseus is part of a venture between Intuitive Machines and NASA and the first American craft to land on the Moon since 1972.
The moon has shrunk by more than 45 metres in circumference over the last few hundred million years because of its core gradually cooling.
A team of scientists has just discovered some oddly reflective dust-covered boulders in an area of the Moon already known for its peculiarities.
New research shows the early lunar crust which makes up the surface of the Moon was considerably enriched in water more than 4 billion years ago, counter to previously held understanding.
Japan's SLIM space probe entered the moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month.
Every lunar swirl identified to date coincides with a magnetic field over the lunar surface, which scientists think deflects solar particles. There also seems to be a connection between lunar swirls and lava tubes buried beneath them.
Crystals brought back from the Moon by Apollo astronauts in 1972 push back the age of the moon by 40 million years, to at least 4.46 billion years old.
Resent studies question the evolution of the Moon magnetic field thanks to its demonstration of the existence of the inner core.
India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur and detected several other elements on the lunar south pole, says the country’s space agency.
