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NASA finds record-size fresh crater on the moon from 2024 impact

Two studies detail the crater and a surrounding cold spot

1 Sep 16 · 7d ago · 1 article · 1 source · development 1 of 3

Scientists published two papers in Science Advances describing the crater, officially named McGetchin after lunar scientist Tom McGetchin, and a 4-mile-wide nighttime cold spot around it caused by loosened regolith.

Two studies detail the crater and a surrounding cold spot
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“This event constitutes a statistically rare, effectively once-in-a-lifetime observation”

study authors

Mark Robinson Chief scientist, LRO camera systemDavid Paige Co-author, UCLARobert Wagner Image-processing specialist, Intuitive Machines/LRONASA Space agency operating the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch

  1. 1 outlet Our Moon Has A New Crater!

    first by dogonews.com, 13d ago

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