We've been mapping the moon in detail ever since telescopes were invented. The U.S. Library of Congress gave Space.com permission to publish photos of a few of the moon maps in its possession, some of ...

A research team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a new high-resolution geologic map of the Moon. The map includes discoveries made in the last ten years, like an updated chronology ...

If Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin didn’t know the moon’s topography cold, the first human moon landing might have been aborted or worse. Now that NASA is planning new missions to the Moon with project ...

Much has been written about the astronauts who first landed on the moon 50 years ago, but the real stars of the Apollo missions are these gorgeous maps. I still remember a cartoon in a newspaper in ...

NASA and the USGS partnered up to create the most detailed map of the Moon ever. The map, which is available online, color-codes craters and other geographical features, showing all of the tiny ...

Hot damn, look at the freakin’ Moon! Scientists led by the United States Geological Survey’s Corey Fortezzo have released what they call the “Unified Geologic Map of the Moon—an authoritative map of ...

For decades, scientists have considered the moon a dead world—a silent, unchanging landscape where nothing stirs. However, a ...

Here's a surprising fact: scientists have better maps of Mars than they do of the Moon. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce explains in her report on today's All Things Considered, that's one reason NASA ...

The most detailed map of the Moon ever created has revealed never-before-seen craters at the lunar poles. The map is also revealing secrets about the Moon’s interior – and hinting about Mars’s ...

What is our Moon really made of? The first map showing what kinds of rocks make-up the lunar surface was published this week—and it’s going straight into the hands of the first astronauts to visit the ...

COLUMBIA — The crew of Apollo 11 took its first steps on the moon 50 years ago. And some key maps that would help land them there are now in the possession of South Carolina's flagship university ...

We only ever see one side of the moon and, most nights, only parts of it are visible. But this week, scientists released one of the most detailed maps of the moon ever created. The new map, born out ...