The formation of the Moon may have come harder on the heels of Earth's birth than we thought. According to a new analysis by researchers from the US, France, and Germany, Earth's constant companion ...

Everything we thought we knew about the moon's origins may be wrong, new research suggests. Ever since we landed the first humans on the moon, scientists have thought that our lone lunar companion ...

The moon may be more than 100 million years older than some scientists previously thought, according to a new study. The research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, challenges the ...

The Moon has long been considered geologically inactive, its surface seemingly untouched for millions of years. However, ...

Eons ago, in the frigid depths of our solar system, a dramatic collision occurred between two icy worlds. Instead of a catastrophic smash-up, the two bodies "kissed," merging temporarily like a ...

September’s full moon will be accompanied by a total lunar eclipse that will be visible to much of the world. Here’s how to ...

About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to new research. The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to ...

That timeline is based on analysis of lunar rock samples from NASA’s Apollo missions. New research suggests that the moon formed earlier and that it then experienced a dramatic “re-melting” event at ...

(CNN) – The moon may be 100 million years older than planetary scientists thought. The moon has long been thought to have formed roughly 4.35 billion years ago after a Mars-sized object collided with ...