Seen here is a geological "fault" on the Moon, called Rupes Recta, as seen from orbit by NASA's Apollo 16. A fault like this is called a scarp when it separates two relatively level areas. Scarps are formed when two volumes of rock are displaced from
Buried below the surface in the Moon's lava.
Seen here is the landing site for SpaceIL's lunar lander Beresheet, in the region of Mare Serenitatis. Despite its unfortunate crash, Beresheet will go down in history as the first privately funded spacecraft to orbit the Moon. The mission has been nothing short of a monumental achievement not
A spectacular young crater with two central mountains.
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A pit in Marius Hills.
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Seen here are the vast lava plains of a region on the Moon's farside called Mare Moscoviense. Lunar maria are solidified lava plains, composed primarily of basalt, and are plentiful on the Moon's nearside. These are formed by partial melting of the lunar interior, specifically the
Standing tall at 8.8 kilometers, Zeeman Mons on the Moon competes with Earth's Mount Everest. Zeeman Mons rises 8.8 kilometers above the floor of the namesake crater within which it resides. While mountains on Earth take millions of years to form under the slow process of
The size of a large city, and one of the brightest features on the Moon, Aristarchus crater is easily visible to the naked eye.
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Although astrometry is over 2,200 years old, it wasn't until 1807 when we truly realized just how far away stars really were.
At Rimae Prinz.
The slumped walls of Larmor Q crater.
