We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as ...

You know, if you think about it, and trust me we're about to, the moon is kind of weird. Of all the terrestrial worlds of the ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to explore it.

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Illustration of a stage in the formation of the Earth-moon system. The Earth had recently ...

A set of instruments shut off almost 50 years ago are still producing useful results. It's the seismometers left by the ...

Age of the moon? Earth's satellite is 40 million years older than previously thought, according to lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts.

About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to new research.

Both astronomically and geologically, our Moon has long been one of the most fascinating objects to all of humanity. With giant mountains, rich arrays of craters, ancient lava basins and more, it tell ...

Unlike Earth, the moon’s cooling crust formed a thick layer of feldspar, giving rise to the bright highlands visible today. Volcanic eruptions on the moon produced vast basaltic plains, known as ...