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NASA Confirms McGetchin, a 728‑Foot Crater, Formed on the Moon in Spring 2024

LRO images and two Science Advances papers provide a rare near‑real‑time dataset that tests impact and ejecta models and exposes weaknesses in cislunar monitoring.

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NASA Publishes High-Resolution LRO Images of Crater Made by SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage

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Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

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4mo ago

Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

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Chandrayaan-2 Radar Finds Strong Evidence of Buried Ice at Moon’s South Pole

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NASA Releases 12,000 High-Resolution Artemis II Photos to Public Archive

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Study Finds Shallow North-to-South Impact Shaped the Moon’s Largest Basin

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6mo ago

Study Finds Moon’s Polar Ice Built Up Over Billions of Years

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6mo ago

NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

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7mo ago

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

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7mo ago

Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

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8mo ago

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

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8mo ago

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

Lunar Geology

NASA Confirms McGetchin, a 728‑Foot Crater, Formed on the Moon in Spring 2024

NASA Confirms McGetchin, a 728‑Foot Lunar Crater From a 2024 Impact

LRO Finds McGetchin, a 222‑Meter Moon Crater

NASA Confirms New 222-Meter Lunar Crater Named McGetchin

NASA and IBM Release Open Lunar Foundation Model

Simulations Show Moon Could Have Formed Intact in Hours After Giant Impact

China Readies Chang'e‑7 Lunar Ice Mission for Late‑August Launch

NASA Confirms 18‑Meter Lunar Crater Caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage

NASA Publishes High-Resolution LRO Images of Crater Made by SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage

Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

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Lunar Geology

Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

Chandrayaan-2 Radar Finds Strong Evidence of Buried Ice at Moon’s South Pole

NASA Releases 12,000 High-Resolution Artemis II Photos to Public Archive

Study Finds Shallow North-to-South Impact Shaped the Moon’s Largest Basin

Study Finds Moon’s Polar Ice Built Up Over Billions of Years

NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

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Lunar Geology