NASA’s GRAIL mission reveals thermal differences in the moon’s mantle, explaining surface contrasts between its sides.

The moon's nearside (that is, the side facing Earth) is dark-colored and dominated by ancient lava flows, whereas the farside ...

Our study delivers the most detailed and accurate gravitational map of the Moon to date. Dr Ryan Park This allowed the researchers to create a highly accurate, high-resolution map of the ...

With further development, LUPIN has the potential to function like Google Maps for users in the Moon, including rovers and astronauts.

"Our study delivers the most detailed and accurate gravitational map of the moon to date," Park said. "This enhanced gravity map is a critical foundation for developing lunar Positioning ...

"We suggest that the processes which formed the lunar maria several billion years ago are still present and active today." Ancient volcanic heat may have shaped the moon from the inside out ...

A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean, researchers say. Crewmembers on upcoming Artemis missions could potentially ...

Evidence for this asymmetry comes from data collected by NASA's GRAIL mission, which in 2012 used a pair of spacecraft to map the moon's gravity with remarkable precision. By tracking tiny shifts ...

but the analysis will likely destroy the sample), and then comparing it to thermal maps of the moon to provide a greater understanding of the composition of different lunar regions based on how ...

"Our study delivers the most detailed and accurate gravitational map of the moon to date," Park said. "This enhanced gravity map is a critical foundation for developing lunar Positioning ...

But no sign of mantle material has been spotted to the north. When Andrews-Hanna and his colleagues reviewed the maps of the moon, they found that the southwest ejecta blanket carries a ...