NASA's LRO Finds Record-Breaking Crater

A new crater discovered by NASA's orbiter is now the largest found in our solar system.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has made an extraordinary find—the largest newly formed crater ever discovered in the solar system. This significant discovery was made by Robert Wagner, a scientist at NASA's LRO and an image-processing specialist from Intuitive Machines. The remarkable finding was reported in the journal Science Advances. Wagner identified the crater during a routine data-quality check, underscoring the value of consistent monitoring and analysis.