The map unveils small mare ridges, geologically young features that will aid the selection of landing sites for future Moon missions.

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic ...

Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the Moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant ...

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are among ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe, which took more than 100 researchers over a decade to ...

A new study maps the trace concentrations of water implanted in the lunar soil by the solar wind, a water source that could be used as resource in future lunar exploration. In research that may prove ...