The US Geologic Survey (USGS) just released the most detailed map ever of moon's surface features and geology as a spinning 3D moon.; The map shows brightly colored spots on the lunar surface ...

Amateur astronomers can use the maps to directly compare what they see through their telescopes to features on the map." A new moon map based on images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's wide ...

Part of a new moon map from the U.S. Geological Survey, ... Amateur astronomers can use the maps to directly compare what they see through their telescopes to features on the map." ...

The map -- titled the "Unified Geologic Map of the Moon" -- charts the entire lunar surface on both sides of the Moon, the near side that faces Earth and the far side that faces away from our planet.

The map, which is available online, color-codes craters and other geographical features, showing all of the tiny features that make up the lunar surface. Visit BGR’s homepage for more stories .

The digital map—which shows the moon's features at a scale of 1:5,000,000—was put together using six regional maps made during the Apollo era, in combination with information collected during ...

A new map of the moon is the most comprehensive geologic map of the lunar surface (nearside shown left, farside shown right). Different colors designate different surface features, such as lunar ...

Scientists have stitched together the highest-resolution topographic map of the moon ever created, using observations made by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.

This is a topographical map — that is, it shows physical features, such as the height of mountains and the depth of valleys. ... The new moon map took more than 50 years to make.

An international team of astronomers have created a global map of the surface of Titan, the ringed planet's largest moon, and it features some surprisingly Earth-like geological features.