A new study, published in Science Advances, has refined some important details about the moon's largest and oldest impact crater, which stretches more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) on the far side of ...

When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find themselves in an unexpected treasure trove of clues that could help scientists ...

On December 12, 2025, a team of astronomers at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) witnessed something truly rare—a brief flash of light on the Moon’s surface caused by a meteoroid impact.

Future Artemis astronauts may be able to explore rocks blasted from deep inside the Moon by an ancient giant impact.

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an address to other scientists, a speaker at a recent convention in The Woodlands, TX revealed that a previously overlooked ...