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A bright white rock formation in southern Madagascar looks so much like the Moon's surface that astronauts on the International Space Station photographed it as a window into our nearest neighbor's past. The rare rock type, anorthosite, helps scientists understand lunar history without leaving our planet.
Scientists discovered a fresh 222-meter crater on the Moon that formed in spring 2024, offering a rare glimpse of a cosmic impact caught almost in real time. The find lets researchers study what happens to the lunar surface before billions of years of weathering erase the evidence.
For the first time ever, scientists are studying soil collected from the moon's mysterious far side. China delivered samples from its historic Chang'e-6 mission to Russian researchers who will unlock secrets about our lunar neighbor.
Researchers from IIT-Kharagpur and PRL have finally explained why the moon's rocks contain up to nine times more titanium than Earth's volcanic rocks. Their breakthrough could help India's 2028 Chandrayaan-4 mission choose the perfect landing site to collect lunar samples.
Researchers have successfully grown and harvested chickpeas in fake moon dirt, bringing us closer to feeding astronauts on future lunar missions. This breakthrough could help make long-term space exploration possible.
Chinese researchers used quantum sensors to analyze a single speck of lunar dust, revealing the moon once had its own magnetic field until 2 billion years ago. The breakthrough shows how tiny particles can unlock massive secrets about our cosmic neighbor's past.
Scientists in China have discovered a revolutionary way to track Earth's climate by observing our planet's radiation patterns from the moon. This breakthrough offers a clearer picture of global climate change than ever before.