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NASA Discovers New 72-Foot Crater on Moon
11/20/2025
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- On November 13, 2025, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) team announced a new 72-foot-diameter crater on the Moon.
- The crater likely formed between December 2009 and December 2012 near Römer crater.
- Since 2009, the LROC has identified over 200 craters, informing impact-rate assessments as NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon.
