Scientists believe the crater was caused by a space fragment the size of a three- to six-story building NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Intuitive Machines via AP Scientists have discovered a massive ...

A NASA scientist discovered the largest newly formed impact crater ever documented in the solar system. The McGetchin Crater formed on the moon between April 11 and May 22, 2024, after a comet or ...

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The moon is rocking a massive new crater—and it’s the largest recently formed one that’s been found in the entire solar system. Researchers described the new feature, as well as changes to the lunar ...

A scientist reviewing NASA’s moon photos spotted a newly formed crater during a routine check, the agency announced Wednesday. “I just stopped, dropped everything, and started looking into what that ...

Sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024, a comet or asteroid the size of a 3- to 6-story building hit the moon. But we didn’t know about it until someone scanning Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter maps ...

Sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024, a comet or an asteroid that's about the size of a three- to six‑story building slammed into the lunar surface and made the largest modern-day crater in our ...

An asteroid or comet chunk left a huge new crater on the moon that is teaching scientists the extent of how such an impact affects the soil. Credit: NASA / LRO Nobody saw it happen. No alarm sounded.

A scientist working with a NASA spacecraft that orbits our Moon has spotted something amazing on the lunar surface. Robert Wagner, scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, was scanning a ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed a 728-foot-wide crater that formed on the Moon in 2024, making it the largest newly formed crater ever identified in the solar system. The impact ...