but most caves are created by water erosion, whereas this type of cave is created by volcanic activity. Lava tubes exist on Earth, and researchers are pretty sure they exist on the moon too.

The Chang'e 7 mission will consist of a lander, a rover and a mobile hopper, according to Chinese state media outlet Xinhua, ...

An underground moon cave that stretches tens of metres beneath ... give astronauts easier access to critical resources such ...

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice.

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the ...

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the moon and water on ...

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts. And ...

LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the location of ice or liquid water trapped in rocks on the moon's surface is nearly ready for takeoff. The Lunar Trailblazer ...

Last year, Chinese scientists found water in soil samples from the Chang’e-5 lunar probe, while NASA and Indian spacecraft have previously spotted what they believe to be water on the moon’s ...