In a surprising twist to our understanding of the moon’s chemical stability, a Chinese mission has unearthed evidence of rust on the lunar surface. This unexpected oxidation process, which has ...

A type of rust that requires oxygen and water to form has been discovered on the lunar surface, puzzling scientists who discovered it as the moon has neither oxygen or liquid water. Researchers led by ...

Scientists have discovered traces of rust minerals on the Moon's surface. The Moon has iron, but no liquid water or oxygen, so rust shouldn't be possible. A new theory suggests that the Moon gets ...