New Moon Crater Revealed After Two Years | Irvine News

Scientists just discovered a massive new moon crater—bigger than the Roman Colosseum—that formed just two years ago from a space rock impact, yet went completely unnoticed until now. Detected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in May and confirmed this year, it’s three times larger than the previous record holder and marks a rare event occurring roughly once every 132 years. The crater’s high-angle debris field and surrounding four-mile-wide cold spot suggest lunar soil is being turned over far more quickly than thought, potentially erasing Apollo footprints within 80,000 years—and could even be used to “garden” the moon’s surface for future exploration.

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