The Moon has a reputation as a frozen, silent world, but a growing body of evidence suggests it is still shifting and straining deep below the surface. From long scarps that wrinkle the crust to fresh ...

Private companies are taking cremated remains and stunt payloads to the moon. Former NASA attorney Steve Mirmina warns that ...

Volcanoes were erupting on the moon as recently as 120 million years ago, evidence collected by a Chinese spacecraft suggests. Until the last few years, scientists had thought volcanic activity ended ...

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 ...

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Signs of volcanic activity on the Moon can be viewed simply by looking up at the night-time sky: The large, dark plains called “maria” are the product of massive outbursts of volcanic material. But ...

Geologists detected signs of tectonic activity on the Moon Fresh rocks and boulders revealed a system of ridges Moon's tectonic activity was caused by a powerful impact A group of geologists ...

Signs of volcanoes abound in new images of Io, the most active moon in our solar system. But the moon wasn’t always famous for its plumes and lava lakes. In both December 2023 and February 2024, ...

The near future will see a multitude of lunar missions through the efforts of both space agencies and commercial stakeholders. This concentrated lunar activity has brought with it an urgency to agree ...