Dec 9, 2024 · The South Pole-Aitken basin is the oldest and largest visible crater on the Moon, a massive 4 billion year old geologic wound that holds secrets about the Moon’s early history …

The smallest craters found have been microscopic in size, found in rocks returned to Earth from the Moon. The largest crater called such is about 290 km (180 mi) across in diameter, located …

Feb 12, 2025 · The South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest and oldest known crater on the Moon, a massive impact site dating back four billion years. This ancient geological scar acts as a time …

17 hours ago · This image, captured by Lunar Orbiter 2, shows Copernicus crater on the Moon with its collapsed walls after the impact. The 100 km-wide crater has central peaks rising 400 …

Jul 13, 2010 · Learn about the South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest and oldest impact basin on the Moon, with a diameter of 2,500 km. See images and data from LROC and LOLA of the basin's …

What is the largest crater on the Moon? The largest crater on the Moon is the South Pole-Aitken Basin (SPA Basin), located on the far side of the Moon. It is an immense impact crater with a …

Nov 8, 2017 · A view of the Moon's largest impact feature, the South Pole–Aitken basin, based on images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The South Pole–Aitken basin is so …

Oct 22, 2024 · The largest and oldest-known impact site on the moon is the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, stretching across nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) of the far side of the …

Jan 29, 2024 · Spanning about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) in diameter and reaching depths of up to 13 kilometers (8 miles), the South Pole-Aitken basin is an immense structure located on …

Nov 28, 2024 · The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon’s oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound four billion years old that preserves secrets about the moon’s early …

Feb 17, 2021 · Thorium concentrations measured by Lunar Prospector across the vast South Pole–Aitken Basin on the lunar far side are shown here, illustrating how mantle material …

Jun 11, 2019 · One of the largest craters in the Solar System is on our Moon. It’s called the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin and it’s 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and 13 km (8.1 mi) deep. A …

Feb 16, 2025 · Chang’e-6 expanded this picture by bringing back the first samples from the Moon’s far side, taken from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, the satellite’s largest, deepest and …

Dec 6, 2024 · For years, scientists believed this enormous crater was formed by an object striking the moon from a shallow angle, possibly as extreme as a rock skipping across water.

Dec 10, 2024 · Scientists have uncovered new details about the Moon's largest and oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken Basin, suggesting it may be even larger than previously believed. This …

Feb 7, 2025 · They fell back to the Moon to create so-called "secondary craters." The canyon part is about 280 kilometers deep, 27 km wide, and 3.5 km deep. ... At a diameter of about 2,400 …

Feb 4, 2025 · Most impact craters that have these rays send ejecta up to a few times the diameter of the crater itself, but a few of the largest and most prominent lunar craters — including …

Feb 4, 2025 · Schrödinger impact basin. Orbital view of the Schrödinger peak-ring impact basin and two radiating canyons carved by impact ejecta. Credit: NASA/SVS/Ernest T. Wright. The …

Pharos (/ ˈ f ɛər ɒ s / FAIR-oss) is the largest known impact crater on Neptune's moon Proteus.It is named after the island of Pharos, making it the only named surface feature on Proteus as of …

Feb 23, 2025 · It’s the fifth-largest moon in the solar system and likely formed billions of years ago when a Mars-sized object slammed into Earth. This theory is known as the Giant Impact …

Feb 3, 2025 · Researchers have in the past taken images of new impact craters and found seismic data that matches the date and location of the craters’ formation. But the two new …