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Study Maps Lunar South Pole Pockets Where Earth Microbes Could Survive

Models of shaded niches show short-term microbial viability and raise new contamination risks for planned crewed missions.

Scientists Propose Moon Dust Could Hide Pulverized Alien Technology

Lunar Outpost Raises $30 Million to Build a Robotic Construction Crew for the Moon

Study Finds Shallow North-to-South Impact Shaped the Moon’s Largest Basin

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

SpaceX Pivots to the Moon With 2027 Uncrewed Landing Target

SpaceX Pivots to the Moon With 2027 Uncrewed Landing Target

Apollo Soil Study Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

NASA Study of Apollo Moon Soil Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

Far-Side Moon Samples Link South Pole–Aitken Impact to Lunar Asymmetry

KAIST’s Deployable Airless Wheel Passes Field Tests for Lunar Pit Access

Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

Scientists Confirm Moon’s Solid, Iron-Like Inner Core Inside Molten Outer Layer

PNAS Study Finds Rare Water-Rich Meteorite Relics in Chang'e-6 Far-Side Samples

Sealed Apollo 17 Sample Reveals Exotic Sulfur Signature Unlike Earth’s

Chang'e-6 Rocks Reveal Cooler Lunar Far-Side Mantle by About 100°C

Apollo 16 Samples Show Solar Wind Erodes Moon Surface Ten Times Less Than Expected

Advanced Microscopy Reveals Fiery Origins of Apollo’s Orange Lunar Glass Beads