Findings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history
The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...
Space on MSN2d
Precise new moon map could help guide future sample-return missions
"The moon is sort of like Earth's attic in terms of preserving the impact records; it's the only place where we can get Earth ...
ScienceAlert on MSN1d
It's Official: Scientists Have Confirmed What's Inside The Moon
Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all.
Hosted on MSN1d
The Moon 'turned itself inside out' – and scientists have just figured out how
"It turns out that the Moon's earliest history is written below the surface, and it just took the right combination of models and data to unveil that story." ...
Scientific American3d
First Rocks Returned from Moon’s Far Side Reveal Ancient Volcanic Activity
Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN9d
Moon’s oldest crater on its far side was volcanically active around 2.8 billion years ago
After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
The Far Side of the Moon Was Volcanically Active, New Studies Confirm
Scientists analyzed the first and only rock samples from the region, which were brought back to Earth as part of a recent ...
New concept art shows how SpaceX’s Starship will transport Artemis III astronauts to the moon
A braking burn maneuver using two HLS Raptor engines will then ease the spacecraft into its landing. Given Starship’s height, ...
Space volcanoes have erupted on dark side of moon for over a billion years, scientists find
Li said the new findings reveal over 1 billion years of volcanic eruptions on the lunar far side. One piece of volcanic rock ...
Dark Side of the Moon Was Once Lit by Erupting Volcanos
New research shows that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago, mirroring activity on the near ...
Samples from far side of the moon show history of ancient volcanoes
The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just ...
What airline offered a moon travel waitlist in the 1960s?
Long before the days of Elon Musk and SpaceX, a now-defunct airline reserved over 93,000 spots for passengers itching to ...