Our Mysterious, Magnificent Moon: A Lunar Reading List

It‘s always in the sky. Countries and businesses around the world are eyeing it with economic hopes and dreams. It‘s the moon. But what is it, anyway? Glad you asked. Here‘s everything you could possibly want to know about the moon.

Lunar samples are a time capsule. Scientists say we should go back for more.

With new ways of collecting data and new methods for analyzing it, some of our long-standing questions might soon have answers.

In the 1960s, NASA went to huge expense to contain possible pathogens from the Moon. What can we learn from the attempt?

The idea that the lunar cycle can influence people’s behaviour dates back thousands of years, but has been largely dismissed by modern medicine. But new research suggests there may be some truth to these ancient theories.

For science, profit, and pride, China, the U.S., and private companies are hunting for resources on the lunar surface.

China’s successful 2019 landing is part of the moon’s long geopolitical history.

For generations, women have been critical to bringing order to the chaos of the solar system.

The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists say lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows.

A MacArthur “genius grant” winner writes a new lunar origin story.

Five researchers who are shaking up lunar exploration.

Suppose the moon was a cube instead of a sphere. What would the phases of the moon look like as seen from Earth?

Taking a good picture of our little satellite pal is harder than it seems, but a little prep makes a big difference.

Everybody knows that Earth’s only satellite does not, in fact, consist of fatty dairy products. So where did the myth that the moon is made of cheese come from in the first place?