Earth’s “second moon”—as asteroid called Kamo’oalewa—appears to have come from the moon itself. Scientists have concluded ...

For the new study, astronomers used simulations to narrow down which of the moon’s thousands of craters could have been the asteroid’s point of origin. Based on the modeling, the team ...

Months after India took a short walk on the Moon as Chandrayaan-3 strolled around ... significant discovery that could be the ...

A recent study has shed light on the origin of the near-Earth asteroid known as Kamo’oalewa, revealing that it likely originated from the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's far side.

The idea is to store a biorepository — a biobank that stores samples of biological material cooled to temperatures low enough it is essentially suspended in time — inside permanently shadowed craters ...

Named after a 16th-century Italian intellectual whose cosmological views were so ahead of his time that he was burned at the stake for heresy, this crater is located on the far side of the Moon ...

The crater is on the far side of the moon, the part of the moon Earth never sees. 2016 HO3 is considered a near-Earth asteroid with an elliptical orbit around the Earth. It is estimated to be ...

In 2016, the U.S. Geological Service conducted a study showing that pikas, small herbivores that typically live in high ...

A Boise taxidermist by trade, Robert Limbert’s explorations and depictions of Idaho one hundred years ago helped to establish one of Idaho’s most unique and vast monuments and preserves.

Craters of the Moon, located southwest of Arco, will be hosting several celebratory events over the summer as they recognize the 100-year anniversary of one of Idaho's most famous national ...

A lava field can be seen with the Pioneer Mountains in the background on April 29, 2024, at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve near Arco. On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge ...