Scientists discover volcanic glass beads from ancient volcanoes on the Moon, revealing activity 123 million years ago.

China’s Chang'e-6 mission has achieved a significant milestone in lunar exploration by collecting and analyzing the ...

Samples of rock from the moon, brought to Earth by lunar meteorites and the Apollo moon landings ... This melting produced basalt, a kind of dark-colored rock commonly found at volcanoes on Earth ...

At first glance, it seems like a scene from an excursion on the Moon’s surface…except the people are in hiking gear, not ...

The Moon's surface, although seemingly uniform from a distance, is marked by dark spots that have intrigued scientists and ...

Whittington says the surface of Earth’s Moon is made up largely of plains known as the lunar “mare” (Latin for “seas”), which is made of basalt. On the far side ... stirred up by the impacts of micro ...

In February last year Christie’s held an online-only auction called Deep Impact: Martian Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites. The auction “shattered records” totalling $4,351,750 (£3,227,801 ...

The partial lunar eclipse illuminated across the Americas, Europe and Africa from Sept. 17 through Sept. 18 CTK via AP The partial lunar eclipse shone bright across a portion of the planet this week.

See an astonishingly rare meteorite, which was recovered in the UK after landing ... loaned by the US government. By comparing lunar samples with samples of asteroids and comets, scientists have begun ...

Lunar eclipses are a popular event for skywatchers worldwide. Lunar eclipses occur when Earth moves between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow across the lunar surface. Lunar eclipses can only ...

In addition, on the night of the full moon, there will be a partial lunar eclipse, adding to the skywatching fun. The harvest moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox ...