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Ben Turner

Chinese rocket carrying 'undisclosed' object crashed into the moon and left twin craters, study claims

Full resolution (100 cm pixels) image centered on the new rocket body impact double crater. NAC M1407760984R, image width 1,100 meters.

A mysterious rocket that crashed onto the moon's surface in March 2022 came from China and was carrying an undisclosed payload, a new study suggests.

The debris, which smashed into the far side of the moon after spending years tumbling through space, has had its origins contested since it was spotted — a mystery that was deepened by the strange double crater left behind at its crash site. 

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