The moon has been our friendly neighbour in the sky for billions of years. It has guided us home, kept us on time, protected ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission’s moon samples uncover naturally formed nanotubes once thought possible only in labs.

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents didn’t begin growing until hundreds of millions of years ...

Research into Jupiter’s moons shows Io and Europa did not evolve apart but formed with opposite compositions from the beginning.

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor ...

A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a long-standing astronomy puzzle.

Eudoxus, Aristoteles, and Cassini craters are positioned near the lunar terminator during the first quarter moon, allowing their structures to be observed through telescopes tonight.