The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years. A ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

University of Rochester researchers have evidence that Earth's magnetic field may have funnelled key elements from our atmosphere to the Moon.

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere may be preserved in the Moon's soil, offering a long-term record of Earth’s atmospheric ...

The moon's thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought to create this wispy gas envelope; tiny meteoroids hitting the surface and ...

We tend to think of the moon as little more than a barren rock, but it’s very, very dusty. However, this dust is a little different than the stuff that collects on our bookshelves. Every time an ...

The abundance, distribution, and origin of lunar surface water have recently drawn significant scientific interest, owing to its critical role in future space exploration. A research team from the ...