{
  "id": 8236464,
  "title": "Newly formed moon crater is once-in-a-century discovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/newly-formed-moon-crater-is-once-in-a-century-discovery",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T11:35:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EarthSky",
    "slug": "earthsky",
    "url": "https://earthsky.org/space/newly-formed-moon-crater-mcgetchin/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 16, 2026, NASA announced the discovery of a brand new moon crater named McGetchin Crater. This newly formed crater is a once-in-a-century event, only occurring about once per century or longer. The impact that created the crater occurred between April 11 and May 22, 2024, when a comet or asteroid the size of a 3- to 6-story building struck the moon's surface near its eastern edge. The resulting crater has a diameter of 728 feet (222 meters) and is 141 feet (43 meters) deep – so wide and deep it could fit three vertically stacked yellow school buses. This size of lunar impact is so rare that it only happens about once a century or even longer.",
  "summary": "In 2024, a space rock slammed into the moon, creating a new crater in the surface. The newly formed moon crater is about 728 feet wide and 141 feet deep. The post Newly formed moon crater is once-in-a-century discovery first appeared on EarthSky .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}