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NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...
A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...
Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.
A new era in space exploration has officially begun. On 23 June 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile unveiled its ...
In the decades since, NASA has created a number of maps, including ones based on the planet’s mineralogy, and earlier this year, the US space agency released a detailed interactive 3D map of Mars.
World map. After a year in space, SRON's SPEXone team has now produced three global aerosol maps. The first shows the ...
Quegan first conceived of using a P-band radar to map the world’s forests about 20 years ago. Up until 2004, the technology was restricted to use by the U.S. Defense Department, he said.
The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. Skip to main content.
Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat?
A World War II escape map that was turned into a blouse is now an artifact at the National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian/Jason A. Smith When Ted Maxwell was a young boy in the 1950s, he ...
Hipparchus, who's also known as the father of trigonometry, is often considered the greatest astronomer of ancient Greece. Parts of his star map appear to have shown up in the Codex Climaci ...