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China Rolls Out Chang'e‑7 Stack Ahead of Aug. 23–24 Moon Launch

The mission will test precision landing and a propellant-powered hopper that will enter shadowed craters to sample water while validating technologies for China’s planned crewed moon program.

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NASA Confirms 18‑Meter Lunar Crater Caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage

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Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

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Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

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ISRO Releases Chandrayaan-2 Polar Radar Mosaics to Open Lunar Ice, Terrain Insights

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10mo ago

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

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10mo ago

Study Recasts Moon’s Largest Crater as Northerly Glancing Impact That Sharpens Artemis Science Goals

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11mo ago

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

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11mo ago

UTEP Geologist Awarded Grant to Map Moon's South Pole for Artemis

Lunar Geology

China Rolls Out Chang'e‑7 Stack Ahead of Aug. 23–24 Moon Launch

NASA Confirms 18‑Meter Lunar Crater Caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage

Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

Chandrayaan-2 Radar Finds Strong Evidence of Buried Ice at Moon’s South Pole

NASA Releases 12,000 High-Resolution Artemis II Photos to Public Archive

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

Study Finds Moon’s Polar Ice Built Up Over Billions of Years

NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

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Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

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

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

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

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

ISRO Releases Chandrayaan-2 Polar Radar Mosaics to Open Lunar Ice, Terrain Insights

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

Study Recasts Moon’s Largest Crater as Northerly Glancing Impact That Sharpens Artemis Science Goals

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

UTEP Geologist Awarded Grant to Map Moon's South Pole for Artemis

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