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October 23, 2016

NASA Finds Earth's Moon Hit By Surprising Number Of Meteoroids

Could Have Implications For Long-Term Equipment Or Settlement That May One Day Be On The Moon

The moon experiences a heavier bombardment by small meteoroids than models had predicted, according to new observations from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The result implies that lunar surface features thought to be young because they have relatively few impact craters may be even younger than previous estimates.

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