A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

Researchers at the University of New Mexico have identified a 2.9 billion year-old lunar meteorite. The meteorite, found in Africa in 2000, was examined by a group of scientists in the Earth and ...

Although last year’s inclement weather resulted in fewer Antarctic meteorite recoveries than usual, scientists have recently discovered that one of the specimens is a rare breed — a type of lunar ...

Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, as photographed by Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Researchers looked at lunar soil samples collected during the Apollo missions ...

Unlike Earth’s life-sustaining blanket of air, the Moon has but a thin wisp of an atmosphere. Now, a new study using samples retrieved by the Apollo missions more than 50 years ago is helping ...

Image of the Northest Africa 16286 sample obtained using a scanning electron microscope. These are what’s referred to as “backscattered electron images”, and the different shades of grey highlight ...

The moon may not have any breathable air, but that doesn't mean it has no atmosphere. Astronomers have for decades been aware of the delicate atmosphere surrounding the moon that is so thin and ...

"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Honest Hands Ring Co. For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft ...