Volcanic rock, dating back billions of years, has been detected in the first samples collected from the mysterious "dark side ...

T he Moon was volcanically active for a long time, but if we look at its mysterious far side, we now know exactly how long ...

The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...

We have all admired the stunning images of Earth from space. But when we are standing in a park or gazing out of a window, ...

Findings suggested the Moon might hold exploitable resources, sparking discussions on sustainable space missions.

The resulting lunar map is constantly evolving. Over time, new names are added while existing names are dropped or changed after research shows a feature to be of a different geological type ...

Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

One of Uranus' moons likely hosted a subsurface ocean in the recent past and may even possess an ocean today, according to research involving UND researchers. Miranda, the smallest and innermost of ...

These areas feature a variety of geological characteristics, providing flexibility for mission planning. The lunar South Pole ...

The trio used images captured by a Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 to technologically map out Miranda's geological past. As they modelled the moon's contours, they saw shapes on the its surface ...