The moon's Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole holds two grand canyons formed by an enormous asteroid collision 3.8 ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that 3.8 billion years ago, an unidentified object struck the Moon ...

This research helps us understand the violent nature of cosmic collisions and their role in shaping planetary landscapes. By ...

Even though humans have pondered the moon since the first of us looked skyward, there is still much we don't know about it.

Research reveals that an asteroid collision billions of years ago created a pair of grand canyons on the far side of the moon. U.S. and British scientists utilized photos and data from NASA’s Lunar ...

Despite its eternal look, the moon has not always orbited the Earth, and researchers are still trying to determine how old it ...

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly ...

The call today is for binding rules to protect the orbits of Earth, Moon, and Mars from space debris contamination. Initiatives need to be formulated for effective, sustainable, and equitable ...

The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the Moon formed from material ejected from ...

Our planet's Moon might look dead and stagnant from our vantage point here on Earth, but a new study suggests it was moving ...

“Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as ... Charon and Earth’s moon are both a large fraction of the size of the main body they orbit, which is unlike other smaller moons ...