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More than 50 years after the first modern planetary maps were created, mapping remains a valuable and challenging task for astrogeologists. Two dozen scientists from around the world gathered this ...

The NASA/USGS Astrogeology Regional Planetary Information Facility is mandated by NASA to supply paper lunar and planetary maps to members of the planetary science community worldwide. Scientists, ...

Maps are a key tool for making sense of places we live or hope to one day explore, so it's no wonder that for hundreds of years, humans have been creating maps of other worlds in our solar system. And ...

More travelers are skipping traditional guides and letting the stars decide. The rise of astrocartography travel is reshaping how people plan trips, using planetary placements to choose destinations ...

If you ever wanted to explore the planetary bodies of our solar system, Google is making it a little easier. Sadly, you and I will never be able to reach Ceres, Io, or Dione in the flesh but the new ...

"I love planetary maps and find them visually very appealing ... but they do often seem to be, as is their inherent nature, very scientific and unnatural in their presentation," OS designer Chris ...

Looking at the looping GIF above you’re probably thinking, oh, another hard drive POV setup… Well… Not quite. This is one of [Dev’s] latest projects, and it ...

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created a map of the Martian surface using precision NASA data — and it's beautiful. PHOTOS: Tour 'The Martian' Movie Set… On Mars As an avid hiker when ...

Planetary nurseries have been mapped in the most detail yet, and they contain far more organic molecules than expected – the basic chemical building blocks for life to arise. Studying such maps could ...