The largest and oldest-known impact site on the moon is the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, stretching across nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) of the far side of the moon. And thanks to new ...

The few craters found on our planet and the many dotting the landscape of the Moon are proof. One such impact created the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin which is located on the far side of the moon.

A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the Moon was ...

A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two giant canyons on the Moon were ... to sample SPA [South Pole-Aitken] and underlying primordial crust samples." As well as this, the team suggests that aging samples from the basin could ...

The research also suggests that the impact event that created the SPA Basin may have altered the moon's early mantle, according to Liu Dunyi, a senior researcher at the institute. The lunar magma ...

The research also suggests that the impact event that created the SPA Basin may have altered the moon's early mantle, according to Liu Dunyi, a senior researcher at the institute. The lunar magma ...