The researchers suspect the rocks were shocked just as the impact's plasma amplified the moon's magnetic field. As the rocks' electrons settled back, they assumed a new orientation, in line with ...

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up signs of a high magnetic field in lunar surface rocks. The moon ...

When moon rocks are more valuable than diamonds, a scientist do whatever it takes when the opportunity arises to get their hands on some. The China National Space Administration is lending out ...

Moon samples from the Chang'e-5 Mission on display at the National Museum in Beijing. File pic: Reuters They are the first moon rocks brought to Earth since the last Soviet Luna mission of 1976.

In 2020, China’s uncrewed Chang’e 5 mission made it the third country, after the Soviet Union and the US, to collect rocks from the Moon. In June last year, the Chang’e 6 mission became the ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and ...

A moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions had adorned Joe Biden's Oval Office throughout his entire presidential administration. But, since President Donald Trump took office in January, the ...

The meter-high rocks discovered in the work are located near the Reiner K crater in the "Reiner Gamma" region, which has a magnetic anomaly. Our Earth's Moon is almost completely covered in dust ...

Subsequent data collected by moon-orbiting satellites showed titanium-abundant magmas, or "high-Ti basalts," are widespread across the moon. The origin of such rocks was difficult to explain.

Hydrogen detected in Apollo-era moon rocks suggests that future astronauts could harvest water available right on the moon to use as rocket propellant and for life support.

A space rock with a peculiar orbit may be a floating piece of the moon. Scientists had thought moon rocks weren't able to stay in orbit after a meteorite blast. The new discovery could help better ...