When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the 'giant impact' between Earth and the proto-planet Theia. New research ...
An unassuming rock collected from the surface of the moon over 50 years ago by the Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt could completely alter what we thought we knew about the early ...
When Apollo 17 lifted off from the Moon’s Taurus-Littrow valley on December 14, 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last human being to leave footprints in lunar dust. He and geologist Harrison Schmitt had ...
A new study of Apollo lunar rocks suggests that the moon is older than anyone believed. The moon, researchers now say, likely formed about 50 million years after the solar system did, which is much ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. During Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin and Dave Scott found a rock on the Moon that became known as the Genesis Rock. Originally it was thought ...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A moon rock given to South Carolina after the Apollo missions was considered “missing.” Now, decades later, FOX Carolina found its location and uncovered its history ...