Over 50 years have passed since humanity last set foot on the Moon during Apollo 17 in 1972. Commander Eugene Cernan, the ...

Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, ...

Apollo 17 took the 11th and 12th people to the surface of the moon and marked the end of the Apollo program.By the time the mission launched, on Dec. 7, 1972, public interest in space exploration ...

Apollo 17 rocks reveal a strange connection between the Moon and Earth. ... Astronaut Harrison Schmitt drives a rover on the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972.

In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P. Armagnac described Apollo 17 as “the most exciting geological field trip in history.”The lunar landing concluded NASA’s ...

Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission. Apollo 17 ...

Embark on a fascinating exploration of the Moon’s most mysterious and unusual surface formations using rare high-resolution images captured during the historic Apollo 17 mission in 1972. These ...

This week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a beach, discover a hidden ancient Antarctic landscape, and more.

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to ...

But, if the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) gets its way, that's exactly where you might find one, as it's ...

Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism.

When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet mesmerizing, ...