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The moon is scarred with impact craters—signatures of billions of years of meteoroid collisions. The far side, in particular, hosts a multitude of older, better-preserved craters because it’s less affected by volcanic lava flows that resurfaced the near side.
One of the most expansive features is the South Pole–Aitken Basin, a colossal impact crater more than 2,500 km across, dating back over 4 billion years. It offers invaluable insights into the lunar interior and early solar system history, potentially holding clues to planetary formation and evolution.