NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater
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September 16, 2026 · 11:06
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It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scanned a giant Moon map on his computer screen, an unusually large bright spot circled by a dark halo caught his eye, as it implied that surface material in that area had been shaken up. “I […]
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