The Moon’s largest and oldest known crater, the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, is revealing secrets that could transform our understanding of how the Moon, and possibly other rocky bodies, evolved.

Recent research has shed light on the role of the Moon’s largest impact crater in explaining the stark visual and geological differences between the Moon’s near side, which faces Earth, and its far ...

GUANGZHOU, 24 October (BelTA - Xinhua) - The Jinlin impact crater in south China's Guangdong Province has been confirmed as the largest known crater on Earth since the Holocene period, which spans ...

Sen captured footage from space on Saturday showing the world’s largest impact craters. The satellite video offered a breathtaking view of the circular, frozen Manicouagan Reservoir, covered in snow ...

A newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide with Earth. In the journal Matter and Radiation at Extremes, researchers from ...

Researchers have discovered a large mass beneath the surface of the moon that is five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii, according to a new study from Baylor University. It may be metal from ...

A new study, published in Science Advances, has refined some important details about the moon's largest and oldest impact ...

Researchers from Shanghai and Guangzhou, China have discovered an impact crater. It sits on the side of a hill in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. They’ve given it the name Jinlin crater. The team ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Nov 20, 2025, 08:01am EST Nov 21, 2025, 11:53am EST Aerial view ...