The age of Mare Orientale could act like a lunar Rosetta stone for dating the age of the moon's other giant impact basins.

Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant impact basins on the moon, and a better understanding of the impact history of the young Earth, thanks to a new geological map of the moon's ...

The final supermoon in a series of four will occur tonight—here are the best places in the U.S. to catch a glimpse.

A team of scientists led by Kirby Runyon from the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, has created a detailed ...

Map identifies Mare Orientale’s original impact melt for precise dating Could reveal Earth’s early history through lunar impact analysis Helps guide future moon sample-return missions to key locations ...

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See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 29, 2024, the moon is 28 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle.

Night - Cloudy. Winds SSE at 13 to 14 mph (20.9 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Rain with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C) and a 79% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSE ...

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