Lunar Laser Communication System wins R&D Magazine Editor's Choice Award
System developed by Lincoln Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is named one of 2014's most influential technologies.
System developed by Lincoln Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is named one of 2014's most influential technologies.
MIT researchers find that a volcanic plume, not an asteroid, likely created the moon’s largest basin.
Researchers find that huge craters on the near side of the moon may overstate the intensity of asteroid impacts about 4.1 billion years ago.
Simulations based on GRAIL data show how gravitational anomalies developed early in lunar history.
In 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.
Twin spacecraft create a highly detailed gravity map of the moon, finding an interior pulverized by early impacts.
Scientists map Shackleton crater, whose unusually bright floor may hint at the presence of ice.
Research supports theory that the moon’s molten core was likely sustained by an alternative power source.
New map of lunar craters sheds light on early solar-system activity and points to oldest parts of the moon’s surface.
Former MIT Instrumentation Lab member recalls his contribution to the safe landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface.