The Moon’s biggest scar does not sit quietly in the background. The South Pole-Aitken basin is a vast impact structure more ...

The largest and oldest crater on the moon did not form as we initially suspected, a new study suggests. The findings hint that a specific region of the lunar surface could be more scientifically ...

A half century after NASA's Apollo 17 lunar module lifted off the moon's northeastern near side quadrant, planetary scientists still don't completely understand when or how our moon first formed. They ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as familiar with. Scientists think they understand how the most important moon ...

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for ...

The Moon's biggest scar does not sit quietly in the background. The South Pole-Aitken basin is a vast impact structure more than 2,000 kilometers wide on the lunar far side. It has long looked ...