For decades, scientists have been puzzled by the geological makeup of the far side of the moon, the mysterious hemisphere that faces away from Earth. But now, a breakthrough has shed light on this ...

If you are fortunate to live in the occultation zone and the weather cooperates, this upcoming event is one that really ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon has ranked as one of the bestselling albums of all time for decades. The title was a smash ...

Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger ...

"The back side [of the moon] looks like a sand pile ... Lovell: "Okay, Houston. The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand.

The moon’s far side is pockmarked by craters and has fewer of the near side’s flat, dark plains carved by lava flows. Why the two halves are so different remains a mystery, said study co ...

Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd’s biggest and most successful album, bounds back onto three Billboard charts this week following Record Store Day. The title can be found on five rankings ...

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago, US and Chinese researchers have found. Analysis of samples collected by a Chinese mission found basalt ...

According to the space and astronomy news site Universe Today, the grey areas of the moon we can see from Earth represent an amalgamation of oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, calcium and aluminum.

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us ... illuminated with an almost bluish-gray glow, along with the brightly lit ...