A groundbreaking high-resolution image of the Moon has been captured by Darya Kawa Mirza, a Kurdish astrophotographer, who claims it to be the clearest and sharpest lunar image ever taken. By stacking ...

The topography of the moon’s surface, which consists mainly of innumerable crater-like circles and arcs varying in size from several hundred miles across to less than is telescopically visible ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...

This is the divide between day and night on the moon, and it can be exhibited between phases from the crescent to gibbous phases, bringing out the rough topography of the moon, including shadow ...

Given the lack of trees or other sources of shade on the moon, the key factor here is topography. If the rest of the terrain is on an equal level, a piece of ground that slopes away from the sun ...

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space missions.

including local topography and illumination. The results suggest higher latitudes on the moon with slopes that face its poles share conditions similar to those at Chandrayaan-3's landing site.

His approach involved merging four different Moon phases to create a composite that reveals a detailed topography of the lunar surface, including shadowed regions that are usually difficult to ...