A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ...

For a long time, many people have thought the Moon was a completely inactive world, a cold and quiet rock that doesn’t change anymore. However, we are going ...

Scientists say the Moon, Earth's closest neighbour, is shrinking faster than previously thought, a discovery that could affect future lunar exploration.

Scientists studying Earth’s only natural satellite have discovered compelling evidence that the Moon is not a static world but is still slowly shrinking, with implications for future lunar ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. Published in The Planetary Science Journal ...

What China found on the Moon has raised serious questions. During a historic mission, China made a surprising discovery on the surface of the Moon. Scientists were not expecting this, and the ...

Scientists at the University of Oxford have finally settled a decades-long mystery about the Moon’s magnetic field — and it turns out both sides were right. By reanalyzing Apollo mission rocks, they ...