New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's oldest crater, the South ...

The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon's oldest and largest visible crater—a massive geological wound 4 billion years old that preserves secrets about the moon's early history, much like a ...

After a series of complex maneuvers, the lander of the Chang'e 6 probe touched down at the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the ...

Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, may be round, as opposed to the oval ...

The South Pole-Aitken basin covers nearly a quarter of the Moon's surface, with a diameter of some 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles). It's not easy to study the South Pole-Aitken basin. It's over 4 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon's ...

This is a global view to show the entirety of the South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA), the largest and oldest impact crater on the Moon. For geographic context, the letters label other big craters in ...

New research published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken Basin, may be more circular than ...

The crash is thought to have made the South Pole–Aitken basin, which is one of the largest craters in the solar system, measuring 2,500 km across. It is about 350km from the site India’s ...