People likened this bizarre face to the ... are just strange rocks or ice formations that look interesting from a certain ...

The near-side faces Earth and the far-side faces outer space ... moon was younger and had an active core that produced volcanic rock. The samples “are expected to answer one of the most ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

The near side is what is seen from Earth, and the far side faces outer space ... The probe drilled into the core and scooped rocks from the surface. Before the return unit blasted off of the ...

Researchers believe that if China’s rock samples show the same age ... only the second successful mission to the end of Earth’s neighbor that always faces away from it. The pair rotates ...

The biggest obstacle the research team would face became clear on the first ... Although the Acasta Gneiss is known to contain the oldest rocks on Earth, finding the 4-billion-year-old samples ...