In a significant milestone for planetary science, a team of researchers led by Geoffrey Collins from Wheaton College has ...

Liu has overseen the production of geologic Moon maps of the entire lunar surface for visualizing, as well as 30 quadrangles ...

As the Apollo program closed in on its goal, cartographers relied on photos from 1966 and 1967 orbiter missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at ...

Stargazers will be treated to a heavenly triple-header on Tuesday. This month’s harvest moon will be coinciding with a ...

This will be the third and closest of four supermoons in a row for 2024. A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon being at the point in its orbit within 90% of its closest ...

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 ...

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New high-temperature experiments have investigated the effects of ... New Technique Offers More Precise Maps of the Moon's Surface May 29, 2024 — A new study may help redefine how scientists map ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2024. The next full moon will be on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT. The moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to ...

Scientists discover volcanic glass beads from ancient volcanoes on the Moon, revealing activity 123 million years ago.

Moon watchers will get a special treat this month: September's full "harvest" moon is also a supermoon, meaning it's slightly bigger and brighter than an average moon. The full moon will be ...

The study examined beads of volcanic glass collected by the Chang’e-5 mission, which landed on the moon in December 2020, and ...