Moon

A new explanation for the Moon's origin has it forming inside the Earth when our planet was a seething, spinning cloud of vaporized rock, called a synestia

A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon’s water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain.

A study provides new insight into the Moon's excessive equatorial bulge, a feature that solidified in place over four billion years ago as the Moon gradually distanced itself from the Earth.

NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director, Jim Green, talks to planetary geologist Sarah Noble about the Moon

NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director, Jim Green, talks to planetary geologist Sarah Noble about the Moon.

New research uncovers insights into how the modern moonscape came to be.

New research suggests that billions of years ago the Moon actually had an atmosphere.

A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago.

A new study finds that volcanic deposits on the Moon contain unusually high amounts of trapped water compared with surrounding terrains.

Scientists have identified bright areas in craters near the moon’s south pole that are cold enough to have frost present on the surface.