NASA’s first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years is underway, after blasting off at 6.35pm EDT yesterday (1 April) ...

For all its ancient, familiar features, the Moon is still changing—and sometimes in dramatic ways. Scientists recently ...

If NASA’s ambitious lunar exploration plans succeed, scientists will cover the moon with sensors—and find answers to several ...

The discovery of water on the Moon was once a paradigm-shifting discovery that would revolutionise deep-space logistics in ...

What China found on the Moon has raised serious questions. During a historic mission, China made a surprising discovery on the surface of the Moon. Scientists were not expecting this, and the ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. Published in The Planetary Science Journal ...

Susan Rigetti, a former editor at Slate and The New York Times, is the author of three books.

NASA says many Moon craters were caused by micrometeors—and some are nearly 4 billion years old. Even “new” ones date back 3.8 million years.