Scientists continue to explore the deep story of how Earth and the moon formed. One idea has gained attention because it ...

Recent exploration missions have hinted at the widespread presence of the magnetic iron-oxide mineral hematite in the Moon's ...

The Moon likely formed from a giant impact with a sister planet, influencing Earth’s seasons and habitability.

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to ...

A joint research team from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS) and Shandong University ...

This study, based on samples for the first time, shows that highly oxidized minerals like hematite can exist on the Moon.

Hawaiʻi is often seen as a place of beaches and sunshine, yet the islands have shaped some of the world’s most important technology.

In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra’s song Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with the Apollo missions. The optimistic ...

Sung Jinwoo from Solo Leveling and Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon have surprising similarities in how they ascend to become ...

Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature ...

Bursts of light captured crashing into the moon last week were caused by dual asteroid strikes against the lunar surface that ...