Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

The data allowed the team to construct maps of the region ... While many impact craters on Earth have long disappeared due to erosion and other natural factors, the moon’s craters can help ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year ... areas to shadowed craters to conduct detailed analyses and potentially determine the location, quantity and ...

A new study by scientists suggests that an asteroid impact on the Moon blasted two huge craters within a matter ... Reconnaissance Orbiter to draw up maps of the region, and work out the speed ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

Scientists estimate the asteroid that produced these canyons about 3.8 billion years ago was 15 miles across. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...

Private US company Intuitive Machines is back with its second Nova-C lander nicknamed Athena for the IM-2 mission. It is ...

The study also found a fresh crater about 14 km south of the landing site, which contains large rock fragments. Some of the ...

Even though these particular lunar craters aren't visible from your backyard, Kring says there are similar, but smaller canyons on the near side of the moon that's visible in the night sky.

These older rocks can help shed light not only on the moon's origins, but also Earth's.Kring said it's unclear whether these two canyons are permanently shadowed like some of the craters at the ...