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The long lost lunar rover Lunokhod 1, has been rediscovered by astronomers using laser pulses, thirty-six years after it disappeared.

Evidence for magnetic anomalies strongly deflecting the solar wind from the lunar surface was presented at the European Planetary Science Congress today.

The discovery of water on the Moon could affect a telescope that will be installed on China’s first lunar lander, scheduled in 2013, a Chinese astronomer said.

The geology of the Moon and the dynamics of the early solar system are much clearer now thanks to three new studies of the lunar surface by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). As well as providing insight into how and when lunar craters formed, the LRO has given researchers the opportunity to investigate the complex geological history of the Moon.

First, don’t forget that Saturday is the first-ever International Observe the Moon Night, for which a bunch of different organizations in and out of NASA have partnered to get your looking up at that big, bright, round thing in the sky.

The moon is more geologically complex than previously thought, scientists report Sept. 17 in two papers published in the journal Science.

Laser altimetry data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have provided a comprehensive look at the cratering history of the inner solar system

A new geologic map of the moon’s Schrödinger basin paints an instant, camouflage-colored portrait of what a mash-up the moon’s surface is after eons of violent events.

Scientists consider the Earth’s only natural satellite to be a pristine environment, an “open book” where the history of the solar system is written. But according to new observations by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), there’s more than just impact craters — born from the violent early days of our developing star system — written in the lunar landscape.

The moon’s interior may not be that wet after all, despite some recent studies that have suggested otherwise. A new analysis of Apollo rocks backs the old idea of a waterless world.

Scientific analyses of water ice found in permanently frozen craters on the Moon by a NASA mission has shown that this water ice is “chock full” of other molecules, possibly including some carbon compounds.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), NASA’s youngest moon probe, has beamed home a treasure trove of data since its mission began in June 2009. Here, we take at 10 of LRO’s most intriguing lunar discoveries so far.

Researchers have a good idea of the minerals that make up the surface of the moon, thanks to thousands of lunar rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts and reams of remote-sensing information.