"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

Sometimes I look at the Moon and realize how little I actually know about it—what it's made of and how it formed. In this ...

In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace ...

It’s been more than half a century since humans last walked on the Moon, but we’re on the verge of doing so again.

"This supports the theory that a planet collided with early Earth and the high-energy impact resulted in the formation of the moon." Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may ...

Whether it’s under the stars on the Main Green, from smudged dorm windows or through open sunroofs, we see the moon nearly every night. But a new study by Brown researchers suggests that we know less ...

The moon is much older than we thought, according to a new analysis conducted by researchers from the United States, France, and Germany. It is possible that Earth's companion formed as early as 4.53 ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

NASA’s Artemis campaign advances with its most sophisticated vacuum chamber testing, aiming to safeguard upcoming Moon ...