"They are very tiny, as examples of moon rock are, and we've got an example of light type and dark type which, combined ...

The moon is almost completely covered in dust. Unlike on Earth, this dust is not smoothed by wind and weather, but is sharp-edged and also electrostatically charged. This dust has been studied since ...

As aspirations for lunar colonization grow, so does the need to understand the moon's freshwater reservoirs. Researchers are interested in determining if these hidden natural resources could serve as ...

After nearly four years of construction, the National Geographic Museum of Exploration has reopened in Northwest D.C.

In this video, we explore the mysteries of the Moon, featuring a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center and a look into their ...

When moon rocks are more valuable than diamonds, a scientist do whatever it takes when the opportunity arises to get their hands on some. The China National Space Administration is lending out lunar ...

For more than half a century, every rock and grain of lunar soil studied in a laboratory on Earth came from the same side of the moon: the near side, the hemisphere that permanently faces us. That ...

A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought home during the Apollo missions has, for the first time, revealed the presence of hydrogen. This finding suggests future astronauts could someday use water ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud ...

A research team has for the first time discovered anomalous meter-sized rocks on the lunar surface that are covered in dust and presumably exhibit unique properties -- such as magnetic anomalies.