Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions have created the largest and most detailed map of the lunar surface yet. One of the many previous geologic maps of the lunar ...

Humans landed on the moon more than 50 years ago. You’d think in the decades since that we would have learned all there is to know about our rocky little cousin. But, as the United States Geological ...

The detailed atlas maps out lunar history and resources. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China has released a highly detailed ...

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 ...

The updated map could be used to aid future landing site selection. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have created a new ...

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 ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has released the highest-resolution geological atlas of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe reveals a total of 12,341 craters, 81 basins and 17 rock ...

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 group of Chinese scientists spent 10 years making the most detailed and up to date map of the Moon. It shows the geology of the Moon’s surface, including craters from meteor impacts and remnants of ...

There’s now a map of the Moon’s surface more detailed than any that came before it. Published in the journal Science Bulletin, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the country’s Institute ...