The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky.

Eudoxus, Aristoteles, and Cassini craters are positioned near the lunar terminator during the first quarter moon, allowing their structures to be observed through telescopes tonight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Moon's largest impact feature, the South Pole–Aitken basin, is so named because it stretches between Aitken crater and the ...

NASA’s lunar orbiter has just revealed a small, previously unseen impact scar on the Moon, a subtle feature that was hiding in plain sight on a surface already crowded with craters. The discovery, ...

Material from the crater can "tell the story of the late evolution of the lunar magma ocean," scientists say. A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and ...

CAREY, Idaho — It's where black lava rock stretches for miles, broken only by the flowers that bloom in the cracks. This is a place so unique, it could pass for another celestial body. Except it's not ...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

The Moon has always held a certain mystery, especially its far side, hidden from Earth’s view. While telescopes and astronauts have revealed much about its surface, recent research has uncovered ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...