Two valleys extending away from a giant crater suggest that upcoming Artemis missions are more likely to sample ancient lunar ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

the team realized that the impact should have created a more circular crater from which significant chunks of planet-forming material were dispersed across the moon's surface, including the South ...

Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...

Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater ... gave birth to the Moon about 4.5 billion years ago. The problem is, there aren’t many craters from that long ...

The moon itself, with more than a million craters exceeding one kilometer (.62 miles) in diameter, is evidence of "intense bombardment," according to the paper. Impact craters also create friendly ...

Scientists have found the oldest impact crater ... from looking at the Moon,” Tim Johnson, from Curtin University. “Until now, the absence of any truly ancient craters means they are largely ...

THE LUNAR LANDER WILL BE A RESOURCE TO SEARCH FOR WATER BENEATH THE MOON’S SURFACE ... and ended up in a frigid crater, the company said. It managed to send back pictures confirming its position ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated impact ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came ...