The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known impact crater on the lunar surface. Recently, a research team led by Prof.

Earlier this year, the tiny rocket company that wants to grow up to be SpaceX someday told NASA that, if it's agreeable, ...

In this photo from the surface of the moon, Apollo 12 astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. holds a scoop for collecting samples. Somehow, the rock Conrad is seen collecting seems to have gotten ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface. Researchers found its composition matches lunar rock samples, specifically silicate-rich ...

planetary scientists have long waited to get their hands on direct evidence--rock samples from the SPA basin itself--to ...

Based at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, or ARES, ...

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

By analyzing basalt fragments retrieved from this region, the scientists discovered that these rocks share ... to the moon's near side. Initial analysis of the Chang'e 6 samples suggests a number ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated impact ...