This discovery was based on data from the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which detected water molecules in the Clavius crater. The Clavius crater is one of the largest ...

which detected water molecules in the Clavius crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth, in the moon’s southern hemisphere. But the lack of returned lunar samples from high latitude ...

Head towards the southern end of the Moon’s disc and there’s a magnificent crater known as Clavius. Our rather brief look at craters in shadow wouldn’t be complete without a visit to its ...

We change from curved to straight for our next special which lies 700 miles to the north of the crater Clavius. Known as the “Straight Wall”, this requires a telescope to be seen properly.