The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

If the scientists could very precisely measure the proportions of lutetium and halfnium in moon rocks compared to other ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim.

Researchers from the University of Maryland found evidence suggesting the Moon is geologically active, including the ...

The moon likely formed from material ejected from Earth's mantle, with minimal contribution from the protoplanet Theia, as indicated by the high isotopic similarity of oxygen-17 between Earth and ...

Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI Unlike how scientists believe Earth's moon formed billions of years ago, Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, didn't have a messy breakup. New computer simulations show ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that the moon is still geologically active, contradicting previous beliefs that its ...

Scientists have long theorized that Charon formed much like Earth’s moon, which was created after a Mars-size object slammed into our planet. The impact sent molten debris from Earth flying into ...

Pluto landed its largest moon, Charon, with a 'kiss'—overturning decades of scientific assumptions about how planetary bodies form and evolve. This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at ...

Scientists have a few thoughts on how the moon formed, but there's a popular consensus that it was created billions of years ago when an object the size of Mars smacked into Earth. The debris from ...

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that oxygen-17 isotopes on the moon closely ...