Moon Lidar is a visualization of the data collected by NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) mission. According to t ...

Understanding the Moon and the processes that shaped it helps us to better understand other objects in our solar system.

National Geographic has always been at the forefront of lunar ... painted map—considered the best reference at the time. Our newest version uses a mosaic of some 15,000 images and detailed ...

NASA's new Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder, set to land on the Moon's surface in 2025, aims to revolutionize our understanding ...

Accordingly, the different quadrants of the atlas very much represent an evolving work, developing as lunar exploration progressed. Later maps tended to be more detailed, reflecting a more nuanced ...

The way acoustic waves generated by quakes move through and reflect from material inside a planet or moon can help scientists create a detailed map of the object's interior. We happen to have ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) has released a new map of the Moon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of humans landing there. OS has been producing detailed maps of Great Britain for almost 230 years ...

Onboard each device are two stereo cameras, navigation sensors and ground-penetrating radar, which can create detailed 3D maps of the lunar surface. Rather than micromanage the mission ...

Is Moon water from ancient volcanic activity or cosmic sources like comets? Bethany Ehlmann of Caltech explains how the mission could reveal Earth’s water origins. Lunar ice might hold clues to ...