Scientists continue to explore the deep story of how Earth and the moon formed. One idea has gained attention because it ...
A joint research team from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS) and Shandong University ...
Pluto's largest moon, Charon, likely formed through a capture event in the early, crowded Kuiper Belt. Three-body encounters ...
On November 14, 2025, scientists confirmed the internal structure of our Moon, revealing a composition surprisingly similar ...
The Moon likely formed from a giant impact with a sister planet, influencing Earth’s seasons and habitability.
This study, based on samples for the first time, shows that highly oxidized minerals like hematite can exist on the Moon.
In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra’s song Fly Me to the Moon became closely associated with the Apollo missions. The optimistic ...
Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature ...
A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density ...
Recent exploration missions have hinted at the widespread presence of the magnetic iron-oxide mineral hematite in the Moon's ...
On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...