A sample return mission on the moon's near side in 2020 yields nearly 4 pounds (1.7 kilograms) of lunar rocks and dirt. Another sample return mission from the far side in 2024 delivers rocks and soil ...

He removed a piece of moon rock that Joe Biden kept in the Oval Office and said on his first day that American astronauts would “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.” He has not ...

What's the story of our Moon's early history? Despite all we know about our closest natural satellite, scientists are still figuring out bits of its history. New measurements of rocks gathered during ...

Both quest-givers offer rewards for giving the moon rock to them in the final step of the mission. While one choice is indeed better than the other, there is a moral consequence you should keep in ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in September 2021. We were 30 miles from our East Bay home in Rock City, a maze of towering oddly shaped boulders. Some rose overhead ...