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 ...

“the double nature of the crater may indicate that the rocket body had large masses at each end”. At least 47 of Nasa’s robotic or crewed rocket bodies have crashed into the moon, according ...

and the original crust of the moon is buried under thousands of meters of moon dust, this makes the crater especially exciting to scientists who want to study how the bodies of our solar system ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Florida's Space Coast was busy on Thursday with two rocket launches just hours apart. South Korea joined the stampede to the ...

These pit craters, which may potentially lead to caves that could also provide human shelter, have temperatures that could make lunar exploration and long-term human habitation on the moon safer ...