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 ...

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 ...

A robotic NASA spacecraft called Lunar ... is aiming to provide a detailed map from orbit of the abundance, distribution and form of water across the moon. Lunar Trailblazer tagged along for ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

The high-resolution maps that follow will offer unprecedented ... a sustained human and robotic presence on the Moon and beyond." NASA's SOFIA mission confirmed the presence of water in lunar ...

Stargazers need not wait long for the next celestial showcase. Following Wednesday's display, the "Buck Moon" will appear in ...

A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space ... is being sent to find and map this water on the moon's surface. For future moon exploration, including potential long-term lunar ...

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera built by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Physics blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ...