South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin is about 2500 kilometers wide, making it perhaps the largest impact scar in the Solar System. Lunar Orbiter data revealed its existence in the 1960s, ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...

The Moon has long captivated humanity, inspiring awe with its shifting appearance and mysterious, hidden side. Even though it ...

The formation, known as Mafic Mound, stands about 2,600 feet tall (800 meters) and 47 miles across (75 kilometers), smack in the middle of a giant impact crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin.

The study, by planetary scientists from Brown University, maps the mineralogy of the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, a gash in the lunar surface with a diameter of approximately 2,500 kilometers […] ...

The structure was found on an area of the moon called the Mafic Mound, which stands 2600 feet tall and is 47 miles across ...

The largest and oldest-known impact site on the moon is the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, stretching nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across the far side of the moon. Thanks to new research ...

When it comes to the South Pole-Aitken basin, the topography is particularly striking. The feature is a massive crater stretching 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers) ...

The South Pole-Aitken Basin is home to the largest known crater in the solar system. Over 1,200 miles wide, several miles deep, and thought to be about 4 billion years old, ...

Red areas on the topographic image indicate high elevations, and blue or purple areas indicate low elevation. The South Pole Aitken basin could hold clues about the composition of the Moon's mantle.