Moon's largest crater harbors secret on south pole where NASA astronauts will land

Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of ...
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We were wrong about how the moon's largest and oldest crater formed — and that's great news for NASA's next lunar landing

A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning ...

Arizona scientist wants NASA astronauts to collect lunar crater samples. Here's why

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the ...

Analyses of moon's largest impact crater reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past

When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find ...
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The moon's largest crater didn't form in the way we thought

The impact that carved out the South Pole-Aitken basin on the moon appears to have come from the north, not the south as ...
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CRATERs identified as key sites for T cell-mediated tumor destruction

Like the surface of the moon, new research published today in Cell finds the existence of craters on the surface of melanoma ...
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There’s Something Really Strange About the Moon’s Largest Crater, Where NASA Astronauts Are Due to Land

We may have been wrong about how the Moon's largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, formed roughly 4.3 billion years ago ...
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See craters on the moon for less — $50 saving off these astronomy binoculars in this Prime Day in October deal

This Prime Day, laugh in the face of light pollution with 24% off these portable, powerful Celestron Skymasters 20x80 ...
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Massive impact crater may rewrite the story of the Moon’s origin

Artemis astronauts may walk across the Moon’s deepest story - rock blasted from a 4.3-billion-year-old impact that still ...
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International Observe the Moon Night 2025: 4 things to see on the lunar surface on Oct. 4

Look south of the moon's equator on Oct. 4 to find Mare Nubium (Latin for "the Sea of Clouds") darkening a vast swathe of the ...

Moon could have craters with vast amount of platinum, scientists find

Before humans send probes to space to mine for precious metals on asteroids, they could find vast quantities of minerals like platinum on the Moon’s craters, a new study suggests. Minerals like ...
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Something Strange Is Hiding in the Moon’s Biggest Crater, and NASA’s About to Dig It Up

The Moon’s largest and oldest known crater, the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, is revealing secrets that could transform our ...