Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

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Analysis of samples brought back from the farside of the Moon by the Chang'e 6 mission have found the water content of the lunar farside mantle is much more depleted compared to the nearside.

An instrument aboard the Vikram lander suggests that buried water ice could be found at higher latitudes, making it more abundant and easier to extract than previously believed.

Cameras aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in 2009, showed that the center of the Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly was relatively reflective in visible light compared to its ...

Our newest version uses a mosaic of some 15,000 images and detailed height measurements from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has surveyed the entire surface. The moon is peppered with ...

In a first, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) successfully ‘pinged’ India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander on the Moon's surface on December 12, 2023. According to NASA, this successful ...