The Moon has a long, chaotic geological history almost as old as Earth itself. Every crater, rock and speck of dust on the Moon tells a story, but because it's not exactly close to our planet, this ...

Recent research has shed light on the role of the Moon’s largest impact crater in explaining the stark visual and geological differences between the Moon’s near side, which faces Earth, and its far ...

A lava field can be seen with the Pioneer Mountains in the background on April 29, 2024, at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve near Arco. On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge ...

The Moon’s craters preserve billions of years of history. Scientists have learned about the conditions of our early solar system by studying the composition, size, and distribution of these holes in ...

American astronauts who return to the moon's surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a ...

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 ...