Southward Impact Excavated Magma Ocean at Moon’s Biggest Crater: Study

Oct 9, 2025 - 21:45
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Southward Impact Excavated Magma Ocean at Moon’s Biggest Crater: Study
The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact. Image credit: Jeff Andrews-Hanna / University of Arizona / NASA / NAOJ.

Roughly 4.3 billion years ago, when our Solar System was still in its infancy, a giant asteroid slammed into the far side of the Moon, blasting an enormous crater referred to as the South Pole-Aitken basin.

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