While analyzing samples collected during the Apollo 16 mission, Nottingham and his ... time the samples spent exposed on or near the moon's surface," Nottingham said in the statement.

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface. Today that photo is long gone. But Duke’s visage is heading back to the moon this week ...

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space ...

Tom Hanks said he knows for certain there are two things that are going to happen in the future of space exploration. One, ...

LISTER, mounted below Blue Ghost’s lower deck, measures the flow of heat from the moon's interior with a sophisticated ...

Lunar Orbiter 2 and Apollo 16 both imaged the Ranger 8 impact site at relatively low resolution in 1966 and 1972, respectively. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the crash site in greater ...

Scientists studying Apollo lunar mission samples uncovered evidence of a dual heritage for lunar water, tracing back to Earth ...