A shrinking moon is causing moonquakes and faults near the lunar south pole, data from a NASA-funded study shows. The study, published Thursday in the Planetary Science Journal, took a closer look ...
Moonquakes, akin to earthquakes, result from internal movements within the Moon, primarily driven by temperature changes and meteorite impacts, rather than tectonic plate shifts due to the moon's ...
As humanity sets its sights on the Moon, the establishment of long-term habitats has become a focal point for both the United States and China. The Artemis Basecamp, spearheaded by NASA, and the ...
Powerful moonquakes recorded by Apollo seismometers over half a century ago have been linked to fault lines and landslides near the Moon's south pole. The findings, as detailed in a new paper ...
China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to ...
Researchers from NASA and the California Institute of Technology reanalyzed data on tiny moonquakes, which was gathered in the 1970s by astronauts from the Apollo 17 mission. They discovered that ...
The moon's interior is cooling, and its brittle crust is cracking, creating "thrust faults" where one piece slides over another, which can trigger moonquakes. That was all common knowledge in the ...
As part of the experiments the astronauts will be investigating moonquakes, trying to find ice and water on the Moon, and discovering whether or not plants can grow there. The Artemis missions are ...