A routine quality check on a Moon map turned up a bright spot ringed by a dark halo, and it marked a 222-metre crater that did not exist before spring 2024, the largest newly formed crater yet found anywhere in the solar system - Space Daily

9/19/2026

A routine quality check on a Moon map turned up a bright spot ringed by a dark halo, and it marked a 222-metre crater that did not exist before spring 2024, the largest newly formed crater yet found anywhere in the solar system  Space DailyNASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater  NASA Science (.gov)NASA scientist discovers largest, newly formed 'once-in-a-century' moon crater after asteroid impact  foxweather.comThe Moon Just Got a Massive New Crater That's Wider Than Two End-to-End Football Fields. It's a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime Observation'  Smithsonian MagazineNASA’s Moon orbiter finds a 728-foot crater that wasn’t there before  sciencedaily.com...

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