The presence of this double crater has taken astronomers by surprise. The origin of the rocket that hit the moon in March is still unknown. According to LRO orbiter lead team principal ...

A similar spent booster of uncertain origin slammed into the moon to form the double-crater. None of the many human-made craters is large enough to see in a typical Earth-based telescope ...

This is a view of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit crater, showing “boulders on an otherwise smooth floor.” It could be a cave entrance. NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University image The moon just ...

The discovery of what seems to be a second impact crater on the other side of the ... Was Chicxulub a double asteroid where a smaller object orbited a bigger one? "These are interesting questions ...

(Smaller grains would suggest an older crater.) The polarized light data will also be used to map abundances of titanium on the moon, which could one day be mined for use on Earth. NASA supplied ...

South Korea set off for the moon on Thursday. But it doesn’t want to stop there.“We are also considering using the moon as an ...

"So then we know the thickness of the soil on the Moon ... double EU exports amidst threats [SPOTLIGHT] “So instead of going to the spacecraft and going up, he headed with his camera towards the ...

And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater. Intriguingly, the crater, named “Nadir” after the ...