Like pipes, statues and nails, the moon can rust. Such rusting has occurred despite a seeming lack of necessary components — ...

A recent study suggests oxygen leaking from Earth's atmosphere may be behind the presence of hematite, a type of rust, near ...

Recent studies have revealed that the Moon is rusting, a surprising phenomenon attributed to “wind” from Earth carrying water ...

A new investigation into rust on the Moon implicates Earth as the culprit. Oxygen leaking out of Earth is likely responsible for the transformation of iron to hematite (Fe2O3) at the lunar poles. Lab ...

When the Artemis program returns humans to the lunar surface, astronauts may want to make sure they’re up to date on their ...

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

In 2020, scientists reported the detection of hematite, an iron oxide mineral otherwise known as rust, distributed through ...

The Moon is turning rusty, and Earth may be the cause. Scientists suggest that our planet’s atmosphere could be behind the ...

Researchers say oxygen drifting out of Earth’s atmosphere may be reaching the Moon and turning iron in its soil into hematite, a reddish mineral also known as rust ...

Scientists were surprised to notice that the Moon is rusting, a process that typically requires oxygen and water, both of ...

The full moon on Sept. 7 coincides with a total lunar eclipse, meaning the sun, moon and Earth align in a straight line, ...

On September 7, the moon will turn a coppery red during an 82-minute eclipse, one of the most widely seen celestial shows of ...