Navigating alien Moon terrain is a significant hurdle. The Moon currently lacks a real-time, precise navigation system akin to Earth’s GPS. This forces lunar rovers and astronauts to depend on ...

Our solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede of Jupiter, has never been completely mapped — until now. Scientists led by Wheaton College’s Geoffrey Collins combined data from NASA’s Voyager 1, 2 and ...

Think of it like a Google Maps for space. Unlike in 1972, you don’t have to be a high-tech agency to follow the latest lunar mission.

Remember back in the ’90s, when having a .gif on your Web page showed your mastery of the Internet? Read on for some more background on the map and a zoomed in view. Fair warning: Serious nerd eye ...

Maps can communicate information in several ways. Symbol sizes and colors can describe numerical values or categorize data. Landscapes can be exaggerated to emphasize terrain and imagery can show what ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the ...

Moon, as seen from the UK. Image by Tim Sandle Moon, as seen from the UK. Image by Tim Sandle Moonquakes are more common than previously thought, a consequence of a shrinking and, at the same time, ...