A new computer simulation shows the swift formation of the moon after a Mars-sized body struck the early Earth 4.5 billion years ago. The impact led to two blobs of material, the larger of which ...

Scientists have studied our solar system, which is home to eight major planets and more than 400 known moons orbiting six of them, to understand the new phase of the moon formation observed around a ...

Explore 7 mysterious and interesting facts about the Moon, including its origin, water presence, orbit, size, and potential for future human colonization and exploration.

Lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission contain the first clear physical evidence of hematite and maghemite ...

A joint research team from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS) and Shandong University ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

(MENAFN) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled the first detailed chemical profile of a potential moon-forming disc surrounding a giant exoplanet, a breakthrough discovery that could offer ...