Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Moon's largest impact feature, the South Pole–Aitken basin, is so named because it stretches between Aitken crater and the ...

Recent research has shed light on the role of the Moon’s largest impact crater in explaining the stark visual and geological differences between the Moon’s near side, which faces Earth, and its far ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the ...

A strange phenomenon awaits on the far side of the Moon as Artemis astronauts prepare to explore the South Pole–Aitken basin. This ancient impact crater, over 4 billion years old, holds secrets from ...

U.S. astronauts who return to the moon’s surface in the years ahead for the first time in more than half a century will have the difficult and unprecedented task of setting the stage for a permanent ...