They took a 600-pound safe containing about 100 grams of moon samples and some other materials. With some help, Roberts tried to fence them to an amateur rock collector who helped the FBI set up a ...

Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have ...

When rock and metal mix, they are able to swap certain elements ... Feldspar is the main material that makes up the bright areas we can see on the moon today, also known as the lunar highlands. The ...

Then, as the molten rock gradually cooled and solidified, it formed the Moon's mantle and the bright crust we see when we look up at our nighttime companion ... Over the millennia that followed, this ...

According to a news report by CNN, moon rock fragments were expected to fetch up to $1 million during an auction. The rock ...

Studio Furthermore has designed Anthe, a Moon Rock seat as part of a larger collection. Studio Furthermore offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future in which space mining will provide much of ...

All of this is encased in a crust, made up largely of a rock called anorthosite, which is rich in oxygen, silicon, calcium, and aluminium. The surface is coated with lunar regolith - a fine mix of ...

Deep below the Earth's crust, molten rock rises and falls, driving the movement of tectonic plates on our planet's surface — and for some time, researchers have debated whether the moon also has a ...

The debris from this impact collected in an orbit around Earth to form the Moon. The Apollo missions brought back over a third of a tonne of rock and soil from the Moon. This provided some clues on ...

Aug. 2, 2024 — Scientists say they have identified the main process that formed the moon's atmosphere and continues to sustain it today. The team reports that the lunar atmosphere is primarily a ...

Artist’s impression of asteroid in space (NASA/JPL-Caltech) For instance, one such space rock 2022 NX 1 was a short-lived “mini-moon” in 1981 and again in 2022. The asteroid 2024 PT5 as ...

The Hunter's Moon rose on Thursday (Oct. 17), becoming the biggest and brightest full moon of the year and wowing skywatchers around the globe with a spooky pre-Halloween show. Europe has ...