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LRO Identifies McGetchin, a 222‑Meter Crater Formed in 2024

It provides a rare before‑and‑after dataset to test impact and ejecta models that will inform engineering for lunar infrastructure.

NASA and IBM Release Open Lunar Foundation Model

Simulations Show Moon Could Have Formed Intact in Hours After Giant Impact

China Readies Chang'e‑7 Lunar Ice Mission for Late‑August Launch

NASA Confirms 18‑Meter Lunar Crater Caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage

Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

Compact X‑Ray Telescope Could Map the Moon’s Surface Chemistry in Months to Years

Chandrayaan-2 Radar Finds Strong Evidence of Buried Ice at Moon’s South Pole

NASA Releases 12,000 High-Resolution Artemis II Photos to Public Archive

Study Finds Shallow North-to-South Impact Shaped the Moon’s Largest Basin

Study Finds Moon’s Polar Ice Built Up Over Billions of Years

NASA Releases New Artemis II Images of the Moon’s Far Side

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

Chinese Study Names Four Rimae Bode Sites for First Crewed Moon Landing

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

New Study Maps 1,100+ Young Lunar Faults, Underscoring a Still-Contracting Moon

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

Scientists Confirm Moon’s Solid, Iron-Like Inner Core Inside Molten Outer Layer

ISRO Releases Chandrayaan-2 Polar Radar Mosaics to Open Lunar Ice, Terrain Insights

PNAS Study Finds Rare Water-Rich Meteorite Relics in Chang'e-6 Far-Side Samples