A colossal northern asteroid impact billions of years ago likely shaped the Moon’s south polar region and explains its uneven ...
How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...
The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...
When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find themselves in an unexpected treasure trove of clues that could help scientists ...