“Our study shows that the Moon’s interior is not uniform: the side facing Earth (the nearside) is warmer and more geologically active deep down than the far side. This difference is linked to the Moon ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

12th May be QUITE a day for all of us because the Full Moon lands in the secret-revealing, depth-exploring, dark and ...

That’s a shockingly tiny amount, considering we’ve now managed to obtain high-resolution images of practically all of the ...

As more of the solar system has been explored and imaged, all kinds of geographical features have been mapped on many of our ...

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Exploring the Moon’s Mantle and Dark Side The moon’s mantle is the layer between the core and the crust. Most of the mantle used to be liquid magma during the earlier formation of the Earth’s ...

Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary ...