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 ...

"Our results represent the most globally complete understanding of recent lunar tectonism to date," Nypaver said. "The presence of these additional tectonic features in the lunar maria suggests that ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist’s impression of a moon-forming circumplanetary disk around CT Cha b, and the carbon ...

Multiple impacts on Earth might better explain our moon’s origin than a single giant impact 4.5 billion years ago – and could help solve one of its biggest mysteries. Pinning down the origin of our ...

A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.

THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the ...

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 ...

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 ...