Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon, Google today released a new version of its Google Earth exploratory software that includes a map of the Moon with enough ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

For ages, cartographers and scholars have grappled with the challenge of accurately flattening the Earth onto a map without ...

Why can't I see the surface in more detail?<br><br>Google Moon only has as much data as NASA was able to give us, so there are limitations (for now) on how close to the surface we can zoom.<br><br>3.

Forty years ago on July 20, 1969, the world watched as the crew of Apollo 11 took the first steps on the surface of the moon. To celebrate this historic occasion, NASA and Google announced the launch ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Digantara, which is creating a 'Google Map' for the low earth orbit that is buzzing with thousands of satellites, has joined ...

Navigating alien Moon terrain is a significant hurdle. The Moon currently lacks a real-time, precise navigation system akin to Earth’s GPS. This forces lunar rovers and astronauts to depend on ...