If we want to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, we need more detailed maps than the existing options, some of which date back to the Apollo missions of 1960’s and 1970’s. After ...

Chinese astronomers have shared the most detailed geological map of the moon ever created, revealing more than 12,000 structures. The new atlas will be essential for picking out landing locations ...

We finally have a detailed map of water on the moon. SOFIA is helping NASA pinpoint craters full of lunar water, even after retiring to Arizona. By Briley Lewis. Published Mar 21, 2023 6:26 AM EDT.

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...

Embark on a captivating journey of lunar exploration with detailed telescope footage of the Moon’s surface. In this video, take a closer look at notable lunar features such as mountains, craters ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe, which took more than 100 researchers over a decade ...

NASA has released a detailed map of where upcoming solar eclipses will be visible. The map charts the path of an annular eclipse coming in October 2023, and a total eclipse in April 2024.

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar ...

On one of its final flights, a unique NASA telescope just provided a key discovery that may secure the future of lunar and space exploration. In February 2022, astronomers used NASA's now-retired ...

The U.S. Geological Survey released a similar geologic moon map back in 2020. That map has less detail at a scale of 1:5 million. It is also based on NASA’s Apollo missions and satellite data ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe, which took more than 100 researchers over a decade ...