An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the early ...

How geologically active was the Moon when it first formed and shortly after? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt 2025 conference hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon. When ...