Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of the solar system’s largest moon — and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite. Wes Patterson, ...

Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the Moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history ...

A new compact X-ray telescope may finally give scientists the first complete map of the Moon’s elemental composition, ...

Illumination map of the south polar region of the Moon. Areas in black receive no sunlight, and areas in warmer colors are illuminated a greater fraction of the time. Image credit: Base image mosaic ...

A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map ...

Did the Moon’s geological activity stop billions of years ago after it formed, or has it been active since then? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up view of astronaut's footprint in lunar soil. A new geological epoch has begun on the moon, which reflects the fact that ...