Moon

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