Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost captured some stunning sights on its way to the Moon's Mare Crisium basin.
The biggest and oldest of these scars is a monster crater, one of the largest, not just on the Moon, but in the entire Solar System. The South Pole-Aitken basin covers nearly a quarter of the Moon ...
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
Current and upcoming Moon missions focus on exploring the lunar south pole in particular, with frozen water presumed to exist in deep craters at both poles. All of which raises the question of we ...
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
The Athena lunar mission is set to deploy the 'Gracie' hopper to explore shadowed craters near the Moon's south pole.
For example, backyard astronomy enthusiasts will be familiar with the rays around Tycho and Copernicus craters on the ... spraying debris away from the moon's South Pole. Beyond being an ...
"These are extraordinary canyons, but they're hidden, if you will, and kind of mysterious because they're on the far side in the lunar South Pole region ... spot that is Tycho Crater.
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes. The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye The Grand Canyon in ...