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In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater (www.sciencenews.org)

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[–] albbi@piefed.ca 22 points 4 days ago

One of the first craters the orbiter spotted after it began its mission in 2009 was 70 meters wide, said Robinson, of Houston-based spaceflight company Intuitive Machines. “I used to joke with folks … that now the bar has been set, you have to find a 100-meter crater,” he said. “Now, lo and behold, we have 225 meters.”

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