A new study suggests the impact that formed the moon's South Pole-Aitken basin scattered deep mantle material toward the lunar south pole, where NASA's Artemis astronauts may soon collect samples that reveal the moon's ancient history. A violent impact that carved out the moon's largest impact basin may have scattered deep lunar material near the lunar south pole — right where NASA plans to send Artemis astronauts. A new study suggests the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, an impact c... [2319 chars]
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