There’s Something Really Strange About the Moon’s Largest Crater, Where NASA Astronauts Are Due to Land

Scientists discovered that the Moon's largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, formed from a glancing southward impact rather than a head-on collision 4.3 billion years ago, creating its distinctive teardrop shape. This finding means NASA's Artemis astronauts will land in an ideal location where impact material from deep within the Moon's interior accumulated, potentially revealing crucial secrets about lunar evolution.