Anyone equipped with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope can take a look at the spectacular and ever-changing landscape of the Moon. The Moon is one of the more familiar extraterrestrial places ...

Apollo lunar samples show how space weathering alters the Moon’s surface over time, affecting ultraviolet light reflection and interpretation of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data.

The Moon has long been treated as a geologically dead world, a frozen relic that finished erupting billions of years ago. A wave of new data is now challenging that assumption, pointing instead to a ...

Tucked away on Observatory Hill, a spectacular array of lunar photographs resides in the Harvard College Observatory’s Astronomical Photographic Glass Plate Collection. The collection holds ...

The lunar surface might look like a barren wasteland of dust and rock, but scientists have just discovered signs of water all over the Moon's surface. This lightning bolt of discovery comes in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A robotic emissary looked out across the gray, pockmarked surface of ...

A large mass of granite that has been slowly releasing heat has been discovered buried beneath a crater on the Moon. This is ...

For centuries, a mystery has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of the moon: bright, sinuous swirls that sprawl across thousands of square kilometers of the lunar landscape, visible through ...

Scientists propose a 'remelting' of the Moon's surface 4.35 billion years ago due to the tidal pull of Earth causing widespread geological upheaval and intense heating. Much about the Moon remains ...

The recent discovery of a lunar lava tube hints at a hidden network of caves that could provide shelter for future explorers. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (illustrated with Earth in the ...

The total lunar eclipse that unveiled a reddish blood moon overnight to nearly half of Earth looked a bit different from the vantage of our celestial neighbor. The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by ...

"We're squeezing the last bit of science we can from Voyager 2's images." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Over the last few ...