Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered a new crater on the moon that's 33 feet in diameter — as wide as a 3-story building is tall. It could be the crash site of Russia's Luna-25 moon ...

While many impact craters on Earth have long disappeared due to erosion and other natural factors, the moon’s craters can help researchers better understand what happened on Earth billions of ...

The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...

This structure is located in the outer margin of the moon's largest and oldest remaining impact crater, the South Pole–Aitken basin, which measures about 1,490 miles wide (2,400 km) and dates ...

A vast impact crater near the moon’s south pole was formed by an asteroid moving at more than a kilometre a second, releasing energy when it struck equivalent to 130 times that of all the ...

Even though these particular lunar craters aren't visible from your backyard, Kring says there are similar, but smaller canyons on the near side of the moon that's visible in the night sky.

China’s space program has long been one of the most ambitious in the world, and its upcoming Chang’e-7 mission to the moon’s ...

What if it could build a big radio telescope up on the Moon? NASA’s concept to turn a moon crater into a radio telescope using a number of cooperative rovers. Credit: NASA, public domain This ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

A SpaceX launch later this month will send a new type of lunar explorer to the moon. IM-2 ... "We'll hop down into a permanently shadowed crater." That target crater, known as Crater H, lies ...

Intuitive Machines hopes to maintain communications with the hopper while it's on the crater floor using another IM-2 payload, Nokia's Lunar Surface Communication System, which will set up the ...