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A fresh look at the Moon reveals a 728-foot scar
Researchers examining lunar-orbiter images have described a large crater created by an impact in 2024.
NASA’s 16 September account says the McGetchin crater is about 728 feet wide and 141 feet deep. Before-and-after images place the impact between 11 April and 22 May 2024. The new development is the published analysis, not an impact this week. Our image depicts an imagined lunar crater.
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NASA ↗ (opens a new tab)New research about a dated earlier impact. Illustration is not the measured crater.
AI-assisted original summary, checked against the linked source on 19 Sept 2026, 15:48 BST. Illustration is AI generated and does not document the event.
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