Our Moon, already bearing the scars of four billion years of cosmic bombardment, has just received a new wound. Scientists have detected a fresh impact crater that adds another chapter to the Moon's violent geological history.
For decades, researchers have been puzzled by evidence that our moon once had a magnetic field stronger than Earth's own. A groundbreaking new study may finally explain how such a small celestial body could generate such an intense magnetic force—and what it reveals about the early solar system.
In a discovery that happens once a century, NASA scientists have spotted an enormous new crater on the Moon that formed recently in astronomical terms. This massive impact raises serious questions about the safety of future lunar missions and what it means for our plans to return to the Moon.