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The U.S.'s return to the moon with NASA's Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme...
Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars' barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks here were once soaked with water, a new study reveals. These mounds are all that is...

A Swedish artist’s model house could soon find a permanent home on the moon

A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created will be launched into...

Humans will soon be able to mine on the moon—but should we? Four questions to consider

By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the moon. But as space becomes accessible to...

The moon might be older than scientists previously thought; a new study shines light on its history

A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but in my case,...

Old moon, young crust: Violent volcanism may mean the moon is much older than previously thought

After its formation, the moon may have been the scene of such immense volcanic activity that its entire crust melted several times and was...

No shallow magma ocean for Jupiter’s moon Io, research suggests

Io does not have a shallow global magma ocean beneath its surface, counter to previous claims, suggests a paper published in Nature. Observations from NASA's...

The moon’s biggest and most ancient crater is more circular than previously thought

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old that preserves secrets about the...

Uranus’ moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds

A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the...

How accessible is titanium on the moon?

Mining the moon to extract its resources is a critical step on humanity's path into the solar system. One of the most common resources...

Researchers prove 120-million-year-old volcanism on moon

Extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity can be found on the moon, but how long this volcanism persisted has been unclear. However, Prof....

Scientists pin down the origins of the moon’s tenuous atmosphere

While the moon lacks any breathable air, it does host a barely-there atmosphere. Since the 1980s, astronomers have observed a very thin layer of...

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there...

China lands a spacecraft on the moon’s far side to collect rocks for study

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences...

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