My plan for the day was to go hiking at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. I called the ranger on duty at Craters and asked about conditions, and was assured that the trail I was ...

My plan for the day was to go hiking at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. I called the ranger on duty at Craters and asked about conditions, and was assured that the trail I was ...

After analyzing the sample, researchers found that the Moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side was volcanically active around 2.8 billion years ago. Another sample was even more ancient ...

We see it on a nightly basis and, with the naked eye, we are able to pick out the craters, volcanoes, ridges, and basins that plague its terrain. We suspect that we've seen all that our moon has ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 24, 2024, the moon is 23 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle.

At right, a topographic model of a different set of rampart craters (labeled E-G, J, L) is used to estimate the volume of each feature. Credit: Brouwer et al. [2024], Figure 4 Saturn’s moon ...

The craters and areas preserving the ice are home to some of the coldest temperatures in the solar system, requiring moon suits that will allow astronauts to withstand temperatures of minus 334 ...

basin on the Moon, a colossal impact crater on the lunar farside. The SPA basin is not only the largest impact site on the Moon but also the oldest visible basin in the inner Solar System, formed over ...

where exactly is the Moon’s water? Evidence suggests water may exist even in areas where the surface temperatures reach extremes, and scientists believe that it might also be present as surface ice in ...