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NASA Spots Fresh Rare Crater on the Moon

Reported by Kunal Bhatia (Senior Writer) · Google News - NZ Science ·

NASA Spots Fresh Rare Crater on the MoonRepresentative image · Wikimedia Commons

Scientists at NASA have found a brand new crater on the Moon that forms only about once every hundred years. Space experts spotted the fresh impact site using high-resolution cameras on lunar orbiters. This rare find gives researchers a unique chance to study how space rocks hit the Moon and shape its surface over time. The team is now looking closely at the size and depth of the crater to learn more about the object that caused it.

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