Despite having the wrong ideas about how the Moon’s craters formed, these 19th-century astronomers created highly accurate ...

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

The Giant Impact Hypothesis has long fascinated scientists as the leading explanation for the Moon's formation. Around 4.5 ...

Despite it being humanity's constant companion through all of recorded time, the moon is still a mystery. Science hasn't been able to explain how the moon was formed, its unusual orbit, its distance ...

These ancient rocks could hold important clues about the moon’s chemical makeup and help confirm theories about how the moon ...

A leading theory to explain the bombardment that formed large impact craters on the Moon and other rocky bodies predicts a more recent window of chaos extending from only about 4.2 billion to 3.8 ...

The strange blend of surface chemistry on Nix and Hydra raises big question about the evolution of the Pluto system.

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Dec. 8, 2024, the moon is 7 days old, in the waxing gibbous phase of its lunar cycle.

Although today the oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface, researchers believe that the newly formed Earth was a dry and hot place, incapable of retaining water due to its proximity to the Sun.

Though a Full Moon only occurs during the exact moment when Earth, Moon, and Sun form a perfect alignment, to our eyes, the Moon seems Full for around three days. There are a wide variety of ...

It’s rare when a presidential frontrunner thinks the moon landings were staged. Fewer would say soft drinks include ...

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