Our nearest neighbor, the moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears ...

According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.

The near side of the Moon, which faces the Earth, is thinner, while the mysterious far side is crammed with thick layers of ...

Researchers have also suggested that an asteroid impact triggered the moon’s lopsidedness. Now, lunar rock and soil samples ...

"Recent studies suggest that the lunar farside experienced a magma ocean evolution similar to that of the nearside," the team ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why the two sides of the moon look so different. The "near side", which faces Earth ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

Among the solar system’s hundreds of known moons, few are as enticing as the handful that scientists believe have a global ocean lurking below their crusty surface. But two of these hidden oceans may ...