Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

For decades, planetary scientists have debated a fundamental question about the moon's early history: Did it once generate a powerful or a weak magnetic field? A new study suggests both options are ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh take on the moon's mysterious magnetic field, scientists reported Wednesday.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have finally settled a decades-long mystery about the Moon’s magnetic field — and it turns out both sides were right. By reanalyzing Apollo mission rocks, they ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Apollo rocks show the moon’s magnetic field experienced intense spikes 3 billion to 4 billion years ago that ...

Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh take on the moon's mysterious magnetic field, scientists reported on Wednesday. Samples to be retrieved by ...

Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, have resolved a long-standing debate about the strength of the moon's magnetic field. For decades, scientists have argued about ...

What is it about the moon that so entices songwriters? Well, besides the fact that it’s pretty easy to find words that rhyme with it. In any case, that big old celestial body has certainly inspired ...

American geologist and astronaut Harrison Hagan Schmitt takes rock samples from the surface of the moon during America's last lunar landing mission of the 20th century, Apollo 17, December 1972.

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...

Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system. Reading time 3 minutes Around 100 million years after the formation of the solar ...

The recently spotted asteroid 2025 PN7 appears to be the source of the rumor mill about Earth's supposed second moon. Earth has several quasi-moons that get their name due to the fact that they ...