Now, however, a researcher working with Nasa's LROC moon-mapping mission claims the strange mark is nothing more than a crater within a ... orbiting the moon to map its surface.

The biggest and the oldest crater on the moon stretches over 2,000 kilometres and scientists now know exactly when it was formed. Studies have shown that both the Moon and Earth were hit by ...

Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon's south pole.