The astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 lunar mission became the first humans to directly view the far side of the moon during ...

Preliminary analyses revealed distinct differences in density, structure, and chemical composition between the Chang'e 6 ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong Institute of Geological Sciences, all in China, has found evidence in soil samples ...

The Chang'e-6 probe was launched from China on May 3, 2024. On June 25, 2024, its returner landed in North China, bringing ...

Less than a day after Intuitive Machines landed on the Moon, the company declared an early end to its mission after its ...

It noted that knowing the formation time of the 2,500-kilometer-wide SPA basin, which is located on the moon's far side, ...

March 30: Seek out the crescent moon, illuminated at just 4%, positioned nearly 10° above the west-northwest horizon. Notably, Hamal, the brightest star in Aries, will be visible about 10° to the moon ...

Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...