In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big task for his scholars: a map that would depict the entire world. The ...

J. Ji et al, Science Bulletin (2022) The U.S. Geological Survey released a similar geologic moon map back in 2020. That map has less detail at a scale of 1:5 million.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed. When you purchase through links ...