A new crater has appeared on the Moon. NASA estimates the 222-metre-wide McGetchin crater formed in 2024 after a rare space-rock impact that may occur only once in a century.
A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage impacted the moon early Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 2:35 a.m. EDT, striking near the Einstein Crater on the far side at 5,400 mph. This event, though not ...