"The moon is sort of like Earth's attic in terms of preserving the impact records; it's the only place where we can get Earth's baby photos." Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant ...

Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant impact basins on the moon ... stars on the map highlight young, smaller impact craters on top ...

My plan for the day was to go hiking at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. I called the ranger on duty at Craters and asked about conditions, and was assured that the trail I was ...

Scientists could soon get a precise age for the giant impact basins on the moon, and a better understanding ... fresh impact craters and assorted debris that has churned up the original impact melt. A ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 24, 2024, the moon is 23 days old, in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle.

A team of scientists led by Kirby Runyon from the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, has created a detailed geological map of Mare Orientale basin, the Moon's youngest large impact site.

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