An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

The discovery led them to conclude that 2024 PT5 probably was flung from the moon's surface after one of the many collisions that has left the moon's surface with its iconic craters.

A lander hasn’t successfully reached the surface of the Moon’s cratered Mare Crisium ... and wasn’t able to get the full picture that LEXI’s wide-angle sensors will be able to capture.

They come after NASA’s incredible images of the moon ... s surface in three hours and 17 minutes. That dark shadow is, on Earth, called the path of totality, which was around 115 miles wide ...

That is why when NASA next sends astronauts to the moon’s surface, which is expected to ... using arrays that point vertically and catch the angle of the sun over the horizon.

Moon Express wants to start mining the surface of the moon for valuable materials. They've set a goal of sending their first robotic lander to the lunar surface by the end of 2017. Follow Tech ...