"Over time, the rays will darken to the shade of the surrounding regolith as the material is exposed to space weathering," the LROC statement reads. It's also notably small, as the team refers to it ...

NASA’s lunar orbiter has just revealed a small, previously unseen impact scar on the Moon, a subtle feature that was hiding ...

Scientists have announced they have found a "freckle" on the Moon. Researchers at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a rare dark-rayed crater on Ganymede, offering fresh clues about the moon’s icy surface, ...

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...