15 March 2019
Major comet impact burned Earth 13,000 years ago
The discovery of a very young, 31 kilometre-wide impact crater beneath the Greenland ice sheet which impacted Earth toward the end of the Pleistocene epoch, is being linked to a devastating event that set the Earth on ...
27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
... their ages through comprehensive literature studies, Qian and colleagues show that Harpalus, a 39 kilometer wide impact crater that lies on the Mare Frigoris, is a significant contributor to the many exotic fragments collected by Chang’e-5. However...
12 June 2019
Mysterious mass found under Moon's South Pole
...far side of the Moon is one of the largest known impact craters in the Solar System, and now scientists have found a mysterious...however "one of the best natural laboratories for studying catastrophic impact events” said James, due to its high level of...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... images are enhanced pictures based on the original. In the large image, impact craters of hundreds of metres in diameter, located along the crater rim, are marked by arrows. Understanding the implications and limitations of traversing at different...
03 December 2019
Found! The remains of India's Vikram Lander are identified
... pixel identification in that first mosaic (1.3 meter pixels, 84° incidence angle). The November mosaic shows best the impact crater, ray and extensive debris field. The three largest pieces of debris are each about 2x2 pixels...
23 December 2015
First new 'ground truth' in 40 years as Chinese rover Yuto presents analysis of moon rocks
...smooth flood basalt plain, next to the Zi Wei crater, a fresh impact crater that had conveniently excavated material from below the regolith. ...exactly how this happened. Possibly there were big impacts during the magma ocean stage that disrupted the ...
