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Scientists discovered a fresh 222-meter crater on the Moon that formed in spring 2024, offering a rare glimpse of a cosmic impact caught almost in real time. The find lets researchers study what happens to the lunar surface before billions of years of weathering erase the evidence.
NASA's orbiter just photographed a brand new crater on the Moon, carved when a SpaceX rocket stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. The stunning before-and-after images reveal how space exploration is advancing our understanding of both Earth's neighbor and our own technology.
Chinese researchers discovered the 11th lunar mineral ever identified, hidden inside a tiny meteorite that fell to Earth. The new mineral glows under light and could help create better LEDs.
NASA astronauts on the Artemis 2 mission witnessed something incredible: meteorites crashing into the Moon's surface in real time, causing mission control to erupt in cheers. The unexpected observations are already helping scientists plan safer future lunar bases.
The first private spacecraft to study the moon's interior just upended 50 years of scientific thinking. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander discovered our closest neighbor in space might be far more geologically active than anyone imagined.
Rare lunar samples from China's Chang'e-6 mission just solved a 4-billion-year mystery about how a massive asteroid collision changed the Moon from the inside out. The discovery explains why one side of the Moon looks so different from the other.
