Over 4.6 billion years ago, the early Earth emerged from a swirling disk of gas and dust encircling the young sun. This ...

It’s widely believed that Earth’s moon is 4.35 billion years old, an estimated age based on lunar samples brought back to ...

When you look up in the night sky, our moon is unmissable.Just like Earth, it's round and has a solid, rocky surface. But is ...

The Moon, our ancient companion, might be older than we think. While lunar rocks suggest an age of 4.35 billion years, new ...

An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting ...

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing ...

Further analysis of lunar rocks and modeling will help scientists to better understand the moon and its history ...

With humans slated to return to the moon this decade, NASA has been testing new lunar vehicles in simulated low gravity.

What were once thought to be traces of the Moon's formation are remnants from a 're-melting' event, research indicates.

A new study makes predictions that future research could test with lunar rocks acquired by China's upcoming Chang'e 6 mission ...

Our rocky satellite's real age is concealed by a "remelting" event that caused its surface to liquify, distorting the story ...

After its formation, the moon may have been the scene of such immense volcanic activity that its entire crust melted several ...