Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized. A new study suggests that a major cataclysm, over and ...

A half-century-old Moon rock, sealed away since the Apollo era, has just forced scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about our nearest neighbor. By slicing into a sample that had been ...

The Vermont Historical Society Museum is showcasing lunar artifacts ahead of Artemis II mission.

An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the early ...

Magnetism on the moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself. Previous attempts ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon. When ...

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it…really fast. Today’s Denver Post has a fascinating — if redundant — Associated Press story about a Houston lawyer who’s tracking down missing moon ...

Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed. After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts ...

A new study of Apollo lunar rocks suggests that the moon is older than anyone believed. The moon, researchers now say, likely formed about 50 million years after the solar system did, which is much ...

What can ancient moon rocks tell us about the origins of Earth, the future of space travel, and even the water we drink? At Case Western Reserve University, professor and geochemist Jim Van Orman is ...

A set of moon rocks presented to Colorado’s governor in 1974 – and valued at $5 million on the black market – seems to be lost. Few knew the rocks even existed until an amateur sleuth started nosing ...