The basaltic meteorite is a piece of lunar rock that formed in a lava flow 2.35 billion years ago, long after volcanism on the moon was supposed to have ended.

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to locate lunar pits and skylights, which are surface depressions and openings, ...

The pit is accessible from the lunar surface and provides an opportunity for future exploration into lunar volcanism. Long ...

A Central Texas space company is on a victory lap. After successfully touching down on the Moon this past spring, a feat ...

The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar near and far sides.

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as captured by the Juno spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Image processing by Ted Stryk On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At least, that's what planetary scientists who have discovered 266 lunar ...

Eventually, the volcanism died out. Without plate tectonics or weather, the only things left to alter the Moon’s cold, dead surface were meteorites.

A new study from the University of Florida analyzing moon rock samples from a Chinese lunar exploration mission is rewriting ...

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body in our solar system. As demonstrated by explosive news from NASA on ...

The moon 's insides are crooked thanks to the near side being some 306 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at depth than its counterpart on the lunar far side. This is the conclusion of an international ...