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Lunar Geology

Study Finds Shallow North-to-South Impact Shaped the Moon’s Largest Basin

The model places mantle-rich ejecta near the planned Artemis south pole site pending confirmation by returned samples.

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

Apollo Soil Study Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

Far-Side Moon Samples Link South Pole–Aitken Impact to Lunar Asymmetry

Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

Advanced Microscopy Reveals Fiery Origins of Apollo’s Orange Lunar Glass Beads