A team of scientists may finally have the answer. The study suggests that the moon’s magnetic rocks could be the result of a ...

Our moon is a particularly unusual example of moons when it comes to planetary bodies. Though many other planets in the solar ...

Earth’s violent collision with a protoplanet may have given birth to the Moon. Discover the giant-impact theory and the ...

There should be rocks showing both impact shock and high magnetism located near the lunar South Pole on the far side of the ...

A new simulation suggests a massive asteroid impact may have briefly supercharged the moon's magnetic field, leaving behind ...

The 24-hour day we’re used to might not stay the same forever. Scientists say Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft ...

A massive impact may have sent a shockwave through the moon, jolting rocks just as a magnetic spike peaked and leaving behind ...

Discover interesting facts about how the moon formed, what it's made out of, and the many missions humans have launched to ...

Scientists believe a colossal impact between Earth and Theia formed our lunar companion 4.5 billion years ago.