Small Lunar Impacts tagged posts

Bang! A new moon crater appeared between Oct. 25, 2012, and April 21, 2013. At 12 meters (40 feet) wide, the crater is not hard to spot in the image, but the starburst pattern of ejected debris is elusive to trace. Image by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

The Moon’s surface is being “gardened” – churned by small impacts – more than 100 times faster than scientists previously thought. This means that surface features believed to be young are perhaps even younger than assumed. It also means that any structures placed on the Moon as part of human expeditions will need better protection. This new discovery comes from >7 years of high-resolution lunar images studied by a team of scientists from Arizona State University and Cornell University...