Dark side of the moon revealed: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP reveals lunar surface features
Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
New maps produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal features at the moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness. LAMP uses a novel method to peer into these so-called permanently shadowed regions, making visible the invisible.