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NASA finds largest fresh crater in the solar system on the Moon

A crater carved by a spring 2024 asteroid or comet impact is the largest fresh crater known in the solar system.

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NASA researchers, using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, have found a new crater on the Moon, named McGetchin, the largest fresh crater known in the solar system.[3][4] An incoming fragment of an asteroid or comet roughly the size of a three- to six-story building struck near the Moon's eastern edge between April 11 and May 22, 2024.[2][6]