New research from samples provided by a Chinese spacecraft has confirmed that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago. The revelation is based on analysis of lunar soil ...

Ancient volcanic heat may have shaped the moon from the inside out, keeping one side thinner, warmer and more geologically active than the other, a new study suggests. The moon's nearside is scarred ...

China's Chang'e 5 mission brought back evidence that the moon had erupting volcanoes just 120 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A moon exploration simulation with robots was conducted in a Jingbo Lake volcanic lava cave in China. Research indicates that ...

Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon during Earth’s dinosaur age, new research suggests, much more recently than previously believed. Three tiny glass beads that were collected from the surface ...

NASA Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan drives a moon buggy at the lunar Taurus-Littrow Valley landing site in 1972. No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon's surface is seen in this image; could volcanoes be to blame for the structure of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests. The evidence: three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought to ...

FILE - This Dec. 2, 2020, file image taken by panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-5 spacecraft provided by China National Space Administration shows a moon surface after ...