China’s Chang’e-6 mission’s moon samples uncover naturally formed nanotubes once thought possible only in labs.

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

Many of the most interesting bodies in our Solar System aren’t planets, but the moons that orbit them. They have active volcanoes, hydrocarbon oceans, geysers, and moon-wide oceans buried under icy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting researchers to observe and study moon formation as it happens, while ...

An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth. Spectroscopic data from NASA’s JWST suggest the disk contains the raw materials for ...

For the first time, the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk around a planet has been revealed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...

The Moon has a reputation as a frozen, silent world, but a growing body of evidence suggests it is still shifting and straining deep below the surface. From long scarps that wrinkle the crust to fresh ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the one orbiting Earth could potentially form. Using data from NASA’s James ...