On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...

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Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant impact basins on the moon, and a better understanding of the impact history of the young Earth, thanks to a new geological map of the moon's ...

If you are fortunate to live in the occultation zone and the weather cooperates, this upcoming event is one that really ...

"Mars' time and position of reappearance is difficult to judge since the planet lies concealed behind the moon beforehand," ...

As the Apollo program closed in on its goal, cartographers relied on photos from 1966 and 1967 orbiter missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at ...

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...

And when Ebb and Flow had fulfilled their duties, NASA crashed them into a rocky hillside on the moon. These "psychedelic" maps and an ashy crater are all that remain. NASA's Scientific ...

A map dating from 1742 comes from the Atlas Coelestis (atlas of the sky) Old maps of the Moon and stars are being shared to mark 50 years since the first manned lunar landing. Some will feature in ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) has released a new map of the Moon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of humans landing there. OS has been producing detailed maps of Great Britain for almost 230 years ...

a new moon race is on Explore 50 years of lunar visits with our newest moon map Explore 50 years of lunar visits with our newest moon map Surrounded by chaos, Niger is a nation on the edge ...