New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

The moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the ...

Scientists are still trying to understand how galaxies formed and evolved from primordial gas clouds into the organized ...

Despite different methodologies, both discoveries provide insight into the Moon's early formation and evolution, highlighting the South Pole region as a treasure trove of lunar history.

The far side of the moon has a drier mantle than researchers previously believed, giving scientists more insight into its water content and the way that the moon has evolved. “Water abundance is ...

Unlike Earth, the moon’s cooling crust formed a thick layer of feldspar, giving rise to the bright highlands visible today. Volcanic eruptions on the moon produced vast basaltic plains, known as ...

For Hu and his team, the newly found disparity in the moon's internal water content is of great significance, which may offer a fresh insight into the moon's formation and evolution.

According to the study, this finding provides the first direct, sample-based evidence that the moon's largest impact basin formed approximately 320 million years after the beginning of solar system.

A Chinese study found that the Moon was wholly covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early phases of its formation. A study by the China National Space Administration, published in the ...

But while the Grand Canyon was etched from the landscape over millions of years, these Moon valleys were carved in less than 10 minutes, according to a new study in Nature Communications.