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The moon has a brand new crater as of Wednesday, thanks to a rogue SpaceX rocket that crashed into Earth’s nearest neighbor at 5,400 miles an hour.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

A stray SpaceX rocket has crashed into the Moon, forming a crater near a famous lunar landmark and giving scientists a unique research opportunity that could help future missions.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

In neighbouring Poland, police said they had discovered a 10-metre-wide crater in a field -- likely caused by a projectile.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Spending more of the money today will eat into the state’s safety net for the next time crude prices crater or the wells run dry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

There was now a huge crater on the summit.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

He said his telescopes allowed people to see the solar event in detail, including craters on the moon.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Together, these processes erase or bury many ancient impact craters.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

The modeling shows that the Eulalia breakup could plausibly explain the increase in lunar craters dated to roughly 800 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

The frozen water locked in permanently shadowed craters could one day be used for drinking water, oxygen and rocket fuel during future missions.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Frank looked down and saw the airstrip riddled with craters like a piece of burning Swiss cheese.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

If now the telescope be directed to Alkes, there will be found, following him at a distance of 42·5 s, and about one minute southerly, a small red star, R. Crateris.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

The star Alkes, or α Crateris, must first be found.

From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

This is R Crateris, now known to be variable from above the 8th magnitude to below the 9th.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

That optimism was short lived as Salesforce stock has cratered nearly 30% over the ensuing losing streak.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

The Emmys still draw consumer attention to a series — or a streamer — despite the fact that ratings for awards telecasts have cratered since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

During the encounter, the spacecraft captured a series of images, including a striking view of the double-ring Huygens crater surrounded by the heavily cratered southern highlands of Mars.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026

It is also infamous for helping to drive the storied seafood chain into bankruptcy two years ago, when Red Lobster’s former owners ran the deal continuously and cratered the chain’s profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Laila sat across from Abdul Sharif, who was a thin, small- headed man with a bulbous nose pocked with the same cratered scars that pitted his cheeks.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Skillfully collating the accounts of Auden’s intimates, he offers details about the poet’s sexuality, psyche, cratering appearance and deteriorating habits that are painful to contemplate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

But the broader policy has remained in place and “the numbers are still cratering on them,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Either way, his poll numbers have been cratering for the last two months.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

It has been a major force keeping prices from cratering.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

Thus, very roughly, craters on the Moon should be formed today at the rate of about 109 years/104 craters, = 105 years/crater, a hundred thousand years between cratering events.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan