The moon may seem like a cold, lifeless rock. But how cold does it actually get on the lunar surface? What is the temperature of the moon? Actually, it's not that cold — at least, not all the time. As ...

The Moon has long been cast as a dead world, a place of dust, vacuum and brutal temperature swings that no living thing could ...

A large mass of granite, located beneath the Compton and Belkovich craters on the Moon, has been slowly emitting heat for ...

A large mass of granite that has been slowly releasing heat has been discovered buried beneath a crater on the Moon. This is ...

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Five years ago, the global COVID-19 lockdown briefly halted human activity, triggering a drastic drop in air pollution and temporary banishing of haze. Clear sky over cities reduced Earth’s ability to ...

Lunar lava tubes offer shelter from harsh surface conditions. Evidence suggests at least one large underground lava tube exists. These tubes could protect astronauts from radiation and extreme ...

For the first time, an international team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a large underground tunnel beneath the Moon’s surface, which could one day be used by future astronauts ...

Over at the moon, things are busy this week as a lunar mission gets to work on its science research. The Blue Ghost mission from Firefly Aerospace performed a picture-perfect landing 10 days ago, ...

Something strange happened when the Earth was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, scientists claim: the Moon got substantially colder. As detailed in a recent article published in the ...

Before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain human space travel and enable new scientific discoveries. File Photo by ...