When a NASA scientist finally cracked open a cache of 50-year-old lunar soil, the expectation was to refine old models, not ...

How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? This is what a recent study publish | Space ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. More than 50 years after Apollo 11 touched down on the moon’s ...

It was previously believed that most of the water on the Earth was delivered by meteorites. New research indicates that meteorites could have only delivered a fraction of the water on the planet in ...

Lunar regolith (also known as Moondust) is a major hazard for missions heading to the Moon. It’s everywhere on the surface – 5 to 10 meters (~16.5 to 33 feet) in depth in some places – not to mention ...

This Collection offers a platform for original, integrative, and multidisciplinary research on regolith and landscape evolution. Including Earth, but also studies on lunar, Martian, and other ...

During its year-long orbital mission, the Dawn spacecraft has mapped the surface of main-belt asteroid Vesta multiple times at different spatial resolutions and illumination and viewing angles. The ...