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The journal Earth, Moon, and Planets traces its origins to 1969 when three scientists conceived a new publication titled The Moon. Zdeněk Kopal, Hannes Alfvén, and Harold Urey created this interdisciplinary space for lunar studies immediately after humanity set foot on another world.
The journal began as The Moon in 1969 before changing its name to The Moon and the Planets by 1978. It adopted the current long-form title Earth, Moon, and Planets in February 1984 following a third iteration that included planetary science perspectives on our own home planet.
Jamie D. Gilmour from the University of Manchester currently leads the editorial board of Earth, Moon, and Planets. Previous editors include founding editor Zdeněk Kopal, Vladímir Vanýsek, Mark E. Bailey, Giovanni Valsecchi, and Murthy S. Gudipati.
Springer Science+Business Media handles current production and distribution of the monthly issues of Earth, Moon, and Planets. Reidel originally published the first edition under a Dutch imprint before merging with Kluwer into Springer Nature.
2024 marked a complete rebranding of the publication under the new name Discover Space. This transition moved the journal to a fully open-access format for all readers while maintaining core scientific standards.