Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized. A new study suggests that a major cataclysm, over and ...

Some lunar rocks have left scientists puzzled for decades. Despite the Moon having no global magnetic field today, samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions and data from orbiting spacecraft ...

(CNN) — A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually be a chunk of the moon that chipped off thousands of years ago. The ...

Even though humans have pondered the moon since the first of us looked skyward, there is still much we still don’t know about it. One of these unsolved questions is its origin story. We think the moon ...

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 ...

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Anyone who wants to see and hear about a rare collection of moon rocks can do so Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in New Milford Library's Memorial Hall. Members of the local McCarthy Observatory have been ...