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The first material ever collected from the far side of the Moon could help settle a long-held lunar mystery. According to a Chinese Academy of Sciences analysis of Moon dust ferried to Earth by ...

Lunar eclipses occur when our planet slides between the sun and moon, which temporarily prevents the sun’s light from falling ...

A collision between Earth and a massive Mars-sized protoplanet likely caused the formation of our moon. Now scientists from the Max Planck Institute suggest that doomed planet was likely a rowdy ...

The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a fact confirmed by decades of laser measurements and detailed in a recent analysis published in The Conversation. While the drift happens at a snail’s ...