Geological maps – almost four dozen of them – position Lunar to change its readers’ understanding of the realities of the moon. They are part of the Lunar Atlas produced by NASA and the ...

As well as the geological history of the moon, the map provides information on its 14 types of structures and 17 types of rocks, with labels for 12,341 craters and 81 impact basins.

K.Gilbert, of the United States Geological Survey, the moon was formed by the aggregation of a ring of meteorites which once encircled the earth, and the “craters,” instead of arising from the ...

Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists ...

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar water ...

The resulting interpretation of the moon's surface is supported by the Ranger pictures With the technique of stratigraphy the geologist can ascertain the relative age of lunar features.