More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study.

The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years. A new study has found that our planet's magnetic field could be what's ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

The oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is key to making ours the only planet known to harbor life, but this precious resource is in limited supply. Although it is the best-known component of the air we ...