Lunar fault maps reveal how much the moon is shrinking

A new study of young tectonic landforms on the moon offers the most detailed estimate yet of how much the moon has contracted ...

Shrinking Moon Has 10,000 New Faults. Why That's A Concern

Scientists believe that the moon had a violent birth. When one large object crashed into Earth billions of years ago, large ...

NASA Images Reveal 10,000 Young Faults on the Moon. That’s a Problem

Unlike Earth’s multi-plate surface, the Moon is a single chunk—an “unbroken shell” where over 10,000 young faults can erupt ...
Smithsonian Institution

New Study Reveals How Much the Moon Is Shrinking

A new study of young tectonic landforms on the moon offers the most detailed estimate yet of how much the moon has contracted ...
Science Daily

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon’s two faces

Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Moon Just Got a Massive New Crater That’s Wider Than Two End-to-End Football Fields. It’s a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Observation’

The impact crater was formed in 2024 when an object the size of a multistory building crashed into our lunar companion. The resulting divot is about 728 feet wide and 141 feet deep ...

Watch The ‘Harvest Moon’ Rise Tonight — Exact Times Across The U.S.

September’s full Harvest Moon rises around sunset tonight, with Saturn shining nearby. Here’s exactly when to look from across the U.S.
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Life after the moon: Artemis II's Christina Koch steps down from active astronaut duty

Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch will become NASA's acting deputy chief engineer on Nov. 1. All four Artemis II ...