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

Simulation results suggest a small, durable X‑ray fluorescence sensor could deliver a global elemental map if real solar X‑ray activity matches the study’s assumptions.

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

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

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

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

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

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