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Falcon 9 rocket crash formed new crater on the moon

The Moon has two new craters. The first was created by the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that crashed into Moon on Aug. 5. The upper stage was not supposed to hit the Moon, but it appears that ...
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Once-in-a-century crater discovered on the moon after giant asteroid crash

A giant crater formed on the Moon after a space rock potentially as large as a six-storey building slammed into the lunar surface in 2024 has been discovered by Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ...
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Newly formed moon crater is once-in-a-century discovery

Sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024, a comet or asteroid the size of a 3- to 6-story building hit the moon. But we didn’t know about it until someone scanning Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter maps ...
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New NASA Images Reveal Crater Left Behind by SpaceX Rocket Impact on the Moon

We just got our first look at the impact crater left by a wayward SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that struck the Moon earlier this month. The Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the lunar surface after being ...
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NASA spots 'once-in-a-century' crater on Moon's surface after massive asteroid crash

Scientists have found a big new crater on the Moon which is said to have been created by ‘once-in-a-century’ impact. The crater, named McGetchin, is 728 feet (222 meters) wide and 141 feet (43 meters) ...
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NASA Orbiter Discovers ‘Once-In-A-Century’ Moon Crater

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a massive new crater, McGetchin, on the ...
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Lunar orbiter spots ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ new crater on the moon

The moon’s surface experienced a violent encounter with a comet or an asteroid — and has a massive battle scar to prove it. The space rock, estimated to be the size of a building three to six stories ...
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A NASA Scientist Found a Huge New Crater on the Moon by Accident

The new crater was found in 2026, but was likely formed after an impact in spring 2024. Robinson, M. S., Boyd, A. K., Mahanti, P., Manheim, M. R., Speyerer, E. J ...
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Something Crashed Into the Moon in 2024, Leaving a Curiously Cold, ‘Once in a Century’ Crater

Scientists working with NASA to study the largest new crater ever found on the Moon say that it has created an over-4-mile-long “cold spot.” Reading time 3 minutes Two years ago, something about the ...
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NASA images reveal ‘once-in-a-century’ moon crater, largest recent impact discovered

Scientists discovered a 222-meter-wide crater on the Moon. The crater formed in 2024 and is expected to occur only once every 132 years. Debris from the impact spread more than 120 kilometers across ...
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NASA satellite spots a new once-in-a-century crater on the Moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA satellite spots a new once-in-a-century crater on the Moon NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has found at least 1,000 newly ...
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Rare new lunar crater shows how impacts remodel the moon's surface

The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered an unusually large impact crater, of a size expected only once per century, now named the McGetchin crater. The LRO Diviner instrument, led by ...