Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA ...

Despite those caveats, the giant impact hypothesis is the most compelling story we have for how the moon formed. And without a time machine into our distant past, we'll never be able to prove it.

Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...

According to the study, this finding provides the first direct, sample-based evidence that the moon's largest impact basin formed approximately 320 million years after the beginning of solar system.

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated impact ...

According to the study, this finding provides the first direct, sample-based evidence that the moon's largest impact basin formed approximately 320 million years after the beginning of solar system.