Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite ...

NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.

For the Moon itself, the story is different. The Moon has far less water than Earth, but for such a dry world it’s important. Most of it lies frozen in dark polar craters, and these icy spots could ...

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery.

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

Recent discoveries by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have confirmed the presence of water molecules on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This groundbreaking finding has ...

The lunar south pole is emerging as a critical destination for international space exploration, driven by the prospect of discovering water resources and advancing scientific understanding, all ...

China’s latest lunar mission has quietly redrawn the map of space power. By bringing home the first rocks ever collected from ...

IMAGE: Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’E 5 moon sample-return spacecraft. CREDIT: CNSA/NASA China is in the middle of an ambitious four-phase lunar exploration program, and the most recently ...