NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon

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Add as preferred source This combination of photos made by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the same area on the surface of the moon before and after a newly-discovered crater in May 2024. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Intuitive Machines Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected.

The steep-sided hole—about 728 feet (222 meters) across and up to 141 feet (43 meters) deep—is the solar system's biggest known impact crater carved out in recent times.