The Moon doesn't have tectonic plates that move around like Earth's, but it does have its own internal activity. After it ...

"Our results represent the most globally complete understanding of recent lunar tectonism to date," Nypaver said. "The ...

Smithsonian scientists have mapped thousands of young ridges across the lunar maria, which are large, basaltic plains on the ...

Credit: NASA. The dark plains of the Moon, known as maria, were once thought of as a geological retirement home. These vast ...

For a long time, many people have thought the Moon was a completely inactive world, a cold and quiet rock that doesn’t change anymore. However, we are going ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the ...

THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...

Scientists studying Earth’s only natural satellite have discovered compelling evidence that the Moon is not a static world but is still slowly shrinking, with implications for future lunar ...

Scientists have mapped thousands of young tectonic ridges across the Moon, showing it is still slowly shrinking. These ridges may mark previously unknown sources of moonquakes.

Our moon is quietly shrinking, causing thousands of new cracks and moonquakes. Scientists have identified over 1,100 new surface fractures, particularly in the lunar plains, indicating a dynamic, ...