New maps issued by NASA detail exactly when and where skywatchers across the contiguous U.S. can see the upcoming total lunar ...

Unlike a solar eclipse, this spectacle won’t require any special eye protection. It will be safe to watch with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope.

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 ...

For years, scientists have known about lobate scarps — ridges commonly found in the lunar highlands that formed as the Moon contracted. In 2010, earlier research confirmed that the Moon is gradually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...