The Moon bears its history on its skin. Earth's only permanent natural satellite is scored and scarred with billions of years ...

The Moon is much older than previously thought. Its crust was reheated after its formation - and has thus misled researchers ...

Evidence to support an older age for the formation of the Moon, around 4.51 billion years ago, as per a paper published in the journal Nature . This new analysis suggests that a ‘remelting’ of the ...

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old ...

The Moon used to have a magnetic field, powered similarly to how the geodynamo powers the magnetism of Earth. Unlike our ...

The moon looks amazing, and I even saw Saturn's rings!" Shoppers were surprised [at] how many planet details they were able ...

A photograph taken by a Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve Centennial Artist-in-Residence has been selected ...

Scientists estimate the moon's age using rock samples - but a new study suggests the surface of the rocks could be hiding ...

Earth's "second moon" won't be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on Thursday (Nov. 28), it seems the asteroid was paying a visit to its relatives.

"The moon is sort of like Earth's attic in terms of preserving the impact records; it's the only place where we can get Earth ...

But what made their book so extraordinary? A major scientific question at the time centered on the nature and origin of the Moon’s craters. The authors were strong advocates of the widely ...

My plan for the day was to go hiking at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. I called the ranger on duty at Craters and asked about conditions, and was assured that the trail I was ...