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 ...

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 ...

By analysing a lunar meteorite known as Northwest Africa 2995, a team led by scientists at The University of Manchester have investigated the age of the formation of the massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA ...

The far side of the Moon has recently revealed some of its secrets through two significant discoveries made by scientists, ...

What's more, you're looking at the oldest, largest, and deepest basin the moon has. Chang'e-4 landed in Von Karman a flat landscape that sits inside: South Pole–Aitken basin. The basin is around ...

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 ...

Beyond this, all plan to build permanent habitats in the South Pole–Aitken Basin and the necessary infrastructure that will lead to a permanent human presence. This presents many challenges ...