This mottled landscape showing the impact crater Tycho is among the most violent-looking places on our Moon. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Data collected by Orbiter V when it landed on the Moon in 1967 provide information about the history of the crater Tycho. Volcanic eruptions seem to have been involved in the crater's development.

And yet, there was a time when there were no telescopes when astronomical observations were still being done… Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe ... farther away than the moon.