The Moon has a reputation as a frozen, silent world, but a growing body of evidence suggests it is still shifting and straining deep below the surface. From long scarps that wrinkle the crust to fresh ...

NASA’s lunar orbiter has just revealed a small, previously unseen impact scar on the Moon, a subtle feature that was hiding in plain sight on a surface already crowded with craters. The discovery, ...

Material from the crater can "tell the story of the late evolution of the lunar magma ocean," scientists say. A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.

CAREY, Idaho — It's where black lava rock stretches for miles, broken only by the flowers that bloom in the cracks. This is a place so unique, it could pass for another celestial body. Except it's not ...

A Sanjay Limaye, planetary scientist at the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: One reason the moon has craters is because it gets hit by objects — small ...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

A rogue rocket booster could collide with the moon in the next few weeks, according to space experts, an event that could leave a crater on the far side of the moon. The SpaceX Falcon rocket stage was ...