NASA has developed a process that creates more accurate solar eclipse maps, the agency recently announced — and the shadow cast by the moon in the new, better maps might not look quite as you ...

Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists understand where the moon’s water is, and what form it takes. By Kenneth ...

Since June 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the moon, compiling data for the first full topographic map of its surface. The data implies that 3.9 billion years ago ...

Why the moon looks like a potato on NASA’s new eclipse maps The newer mapping method takes elevation on Earth and the moon’s topography into consideration. September 29, 2024 ...

New NASA research reveals a process to generate extremely accurate eclipse maps, which plot the predicted path of the moon's shadow as it crosses the face of Earth. Traditionally, eclipse ...

NASA shared a new 3D animation called the CGI Moon kit, which uses data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to create an unprecedented view of the lunar surface.

NASA’s orbiter snapped crisp images of where a private spacecraft crashed, revealing telltale marks of disturbed lunar soil.

NASA test drove the mini autonomous rovers that will soon fly to the moon and collectively map the lunar surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

The maps, which NASA is calling the CGI Moon Kit, include a visible color map of the Moon’s surface weighing in ... and texture. In this case, the displacement map gives the resulting 3D model ...

NASA lost contact with its nearly $33 million CAPSTONE satellite Tuesday, on its voyage to the moon’s orbit.

Lunar Trailblazer, which weighs about 440 pounds (200 kg) and measures about 3.5 metres wide when its solar panels are fully deployed, is being sent to find and map this water on the moon's surface.

NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work A new lunar time zone is all about ensuring the success of future, multinational missions to the moon. Space ...