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Space
Space
Science
Elizabeth Fernandez

Whip up a moon-like crater

A chalkboard background shows a drawing of a moon or round space body with a smattering of large craters. In the to top right, a space.com 25 year anniversary logo.

Have you ever noticed the varying shades of gray and white on the moon? Many of the features we see on the moon are craters, caused by rocks from space smashing into the surface of the moon. Today, we're going to make our own craters!

There's only a few things you'll need for this experiment:

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