The largest impact scar on the Moon was likely gouged out by a massive asteroid that struck at a shallow angle, its iron core shearing off and carving the basin’s lopsided shape. The finding has direct consequences for NASA’s Artemis program: deep mantle material flung outward by that ancient strike should sit within reach of [...] The post Water ice gets the Artemis headlines, but simulations suggest a decapitated iron-cored asteroid scattered something far more valuable across the lunar south pole billions of years ago appeared first on Space Daily .
Water ice gets the Artemis headlines, but simulations suggest a decapitated iron-cored asteroid scattered something far more valuable across the lunar south pole billions of years ago
