Moon

Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized An artist’s illustration of what the partly molten moon might have looked like.

Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized

UChicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions, reveal new details about lunar history

Crystals from Apollo mission find moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought Orbital sunrise

Crystals from Apollo mission find moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought

New UChicago, Field Museum study finds lunar crystals formed at least 4.46 billion years ago

One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects samples of lunar soil from the moon in 1972.

One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth Object hitting Earth illustration

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries Astronaut Harrison Schmitt

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries

Research suggests water appeared while Earth was still growing Planet collision

Research suggests water appeared while Earth was still growing

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Computer model explains sustained eruptions on icy moon of Saturn Enceladus

Computer model explains sustained eruptions on icy moon of Saturn

How the Earth and moon formed, explained Illustration of an object crashing into the proto-Earth

How the Earth and moon formed, explained

How old is the Earth and how did we get our moon? Learn what we know and how we know it—and what mysteries still remain.