Among its many superlative characteristics, the plateau is home to Aristarchus, a young impact crater 25 miles (40 kilometers) across and twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. Aristarchus has a ...

Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the moon at just 16.2 miles up to capture shots of the huge Aristarchus crater on the moon - a feature so massive it's visible to the naked eye from ...

In November 2011, the space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft passed over the moon's Aristarchus crater, which spans 25 miles (40 kilometers) and sinks more than 2 miles (3.5 ...

The Aristarchus crater is about 25 miles in diameter. ForbesThree Eclipses, Two Meteor Showers And A Supermoon: A Stargazer's Guide To Looking Up In LockdownBy Jamie Carter Named for astronomer ...

This cool space wallpaper taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows high sunlight reflecting off the moon's Aristarchus crater. In November 2011, the space agency's Lunar ...

Aristarchus crater is located on the southeast edge of the Aristarchus Plateau. This gaping crater is 40 km wide and 3.5 km deep. The ledges forming the wall of the crater, which look a lot like ...

THEY are the first travel snaps beamed back to Earth from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - close-ups of the Aristarchus Crater on the Moon. The orbiter flew within 25km of the Moon's surface ...

Spectacular new images of a gigantic crater on the moon were captured recently by a low-skimming NASA satellite. In November 2011, the space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ...

In November 2011, the space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the moon's Aristarchus crater, which spans 25 miles (40 km) and sinks more than 2 miles (3.5 km ...

In November 2011, the space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the moon's Aristarchus crater, which spans 25 miles (40 km) and sinks more than 2 miles (3.5 km ...