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 ...

Also, "if a lunar asteroid can be directly linked to a specific impact crater on the moon, studying it could lend insights into cratering processes on the pockmarked lunar surface," said the NASA ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday. But they cautioned more samples are ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be ... sprawling South Pole-Aitken basin, one of the largest impact craters in the solar system. The Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Located to the north of the Gruithuisen crater, on the edge of Mare Imbrium ... both of which are absent on the Moon. The Gruithuisen Domes have never been explored directly, from the surface ...

China became the first country to land on the moon’s far side last year. The Chang’e 6 spacecraft scooped up the volcanic rock and dirt from the ancient, sprawling South Pole-Aitken basin, one of the ...