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The journal was founded in 1969 under the title The Moon. It was conceived by Zdenek Kopal, Hannes Alfven, and Harold Urey in response to the Apollo 11 Moon Landing that year. It adopted the title Earth, Moon, and Planets in February 1984.
The journal was founded by Zdenek Kopal, Hannes Alfven, and Harold Urey in 1969. Their aim was to provide an interdisciplinary publication for original research in all fields of lunar studies.
The current editor-in-chief is Jamie D. Gilmour of the University of Manchester. Previous editors-in-chief include Zdenek Kopal, Vladimir Vanysek, Mark E. Bailey, Giovanni Valsecchi, and Murthy S. Gudipati.
The journal covers formation of stars and planets, evolution of the solar system and extra-solar systems, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, near-Earth objects, and Earth impact hazards. It also addresses physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies and their chaotic behavior.
Earth, Moon, and Planets is published approximately ten times per year by Springer Science and Business Media. In addition to original research articles, it publishes conference proceedings, review articles, book reviews, and special issues.
In 2024, the journal was re-launched under the name Discover Space as a fully open-access journal. The relaunch broadened its mandate to support multidisciplinary research and policy developments across all fields relevant to space science.