Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized. A new study suggests that a major cataclysm, over and ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to understand why some rocks on the moon are strongly magnetized even though the moon has no magnetic field today. "The majority of the strong magnetic fields ...

A half-century-old Moon rock, sealed away since the Apollo era, has just forced scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about our nearest neighbor. By slicing into a sample that had been ...

The simultaneous eruption of multiple volcanoes suggests a vast, interconnected network of magma exists beneath the surface, powered by the intense gravitational pull of Jupiter.

A new study of Apollo lunar rocks suggests that the moon is older than anyone believed. The moon, researchers now say, likely formed about 50 million years after the solar system did, which is much ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon. When ...

What can ancient moon rocks tell us about the origins of Earth, the future of space travel, and even the water we drink? At Case Western Reserve University, professor and geochemist Jim Van Orman is ...

Twelve men have walked on the Moon. While the rest of us remain Earth-bound, we’re able to learn about the Moon from the rocks these 12 astronauts brought back for scientific study. We have also found ...