This is a global view to show the entirety of the South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA), the largest and oldest impact crater on the Moon. For geographic context, the letters label other big craters in ...

By analysing a lunar meteorite known as Northwest Africa 2995, a team led by scientists at The University of Manchester have investigated the age of the formation of the massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA ...

The biggest and oldest of these scars is a monster crater, one of the largest, not just on the Moon, but in the entire Solar System. The South Pole-Aitken basin covers nearly a quarter of the Moon ...

However, one hidden feature of the Moon has been unearthed by scientists and it’s very, very big, and very, very heavy.

He's now hoping China will send its next sample return mission to a region on the Moon's farside called South Pole Aitken Basin. This vast depression, some 2,500km wide and up to 8km deep ...

What's more, you're looking at the oldest, largest, and deepest basin the moon has. Chang'e-4 landed in Von Karman a flat landscape that sits inside: South Pole–Aitken basin. The basin is around ...

Researchers found that a depleted mantle beneath the South Pole-Aitken Basin limited volcanic activity, suggesting mantle composition is key to understanding the Moon’s asymmetrical volcanism.

But Von Kármán lies within a much bigger hole punched in the Moon - the South Pole-Aitken basin. It's the oldest, largest and deepest such basin on the Moon and formed when an asteroid - perhaps ...

Chang'e-6 landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, a massive impact crater on the moon's space-facing side, at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).