WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...
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The Moon's Largest Crater Has Something Odd Going on – And Astronauts Are Heading There
Something weird is going on on the far side of the Moon — and Artemis astronauts are heading straight there. The giant South Pole–Aitken basin, a 4.3-billion-year-old scar, isn’t just an impact crater ...
As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...
A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurling across the surface ...
I'd love to see that ad on Craigslist. Using before and after photos taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), Mark Robinson, LROC principal investigator, discovered a tiny crater ...
The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...
A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth. Dubbed the Jinlin crater, the giant pitted scar could become an invaluable ...
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