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NASA Discovers New Moon Crater

Updated 2026-09-16 19:25 UTC 1 source Neutral

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a new crater on the Moon that is described as once-in-a-century. The finding could provide insights into lunar geology and history.

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NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater

It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scanned a giant Moon map on his computer screen, an unusually large bright spot circled by a dark halo caught his eye, as it implied that surface material in that area had be

2026-09-16 18:06 UTC