The Moon was volcanically active for a long time, but if we look at its mysterious far side, we now know exactly how long that was the case. Thanks to samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe, ...

New research suggests that volcanoes were still erupting on the moon at the time dinosaurs were alive on Earth. The evidence ...

(Image credit: NASA) 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.

Tiny glass beads brought back by NASA 's Apollo 17 astronauts are helping scientists uncover new clues about how the moon erupted billions of years ago. No one expected these glittering bits among ...

The 311-gram space rock was discovered in 2023 and is known as the Northwest Africa 16286 meteorite — and based on the decay ...

When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet ...

What's more, a massive volcanic hot spot on the moon's southern hemisphere that Juno observed during its third-ever flyby of the moon on Dec. 27, 2024, appears to still be active, according to NASA.

LOS ANGELES — Observations from the international Cassini spacecraft suggest Saturn's largest moon may have active or recently active ice volcanoes.