When Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin became the first humans to geologize on the Moon in 1969, the most detailed map of the Moon was a 1:5,000,000-scale geological map published by the USGS.

Chinese astronomers have shared the most detailed geological map of the moon ever created, revealing more than 12,000 structures. The new atlas will be essential for picking out landing locations ...

A team of more than 50 scientists and engineers created the map based on seismic studies, historical geological data and the latest data-collection technologies, according to the USGS. They were ...