Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

The data allowed the team to construct maps of the region ... While many impact craters on Earth have long disappeared due to erosion and other natural factors, the moon’s craters can help ...

The data allowed the team to construct maps of the region ... While many impact craters on Earth have long disappeared due to ...

the National Geographic Society and the Universities of Denver and Colorado set out for way stations on the eclipse’s 70-mile-wide path. When the moon’s shadow climbs northeastward over half ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... in the same way our moon shows only one face to the Earth. This would render half the planet too hot for life ...

Nestled in the heart of New Zealand’s geothermal wonderland, Craters of the Moon Taupō invites visitors ... with the winners going through to the national final, which is held at the NZCB ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts.

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

A new study by scientists suggests that an asteroid impact on the Moon blasted two huge craters within a matter ... Reconnaissance Orbiter to draw up maps of the region, and work out the speed ...