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In March 2022, a rocket slammed into the moon, creating a double crater about 95 feet wide.

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

A SpaceX rocket's upper stage is set to unintentionally crash into the Moon on Wednesday, a collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar crater.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Chicxulub is the enormous impact crater buried beneath Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

He was sitting in a bathtub-sized crater in the sand.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

It is a dream moment for planetary scientists because it lets them test their models of how impacts dig out craters, throw debris across the surface, and send tremors through the Moon's interior.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Asteroids and meteors have given the satellite its signature pockmarked surface and network of craters.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

NASA's Artemis program is aiming for crewed missions to the moon's south polar region in 2028, where permanently shadowed craters may contain valuable deposits of water ice.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

My first challenge is to pass between the craters Rutherford and Trouvelot.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

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

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

His credit score had cratered from 753 to 563 and he was close to $75,000 in debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Each attempt went bust when global economic downturns cratered the semiconductor market and sent chip prices plummeting.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

PVH cratered 23% after the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein owner cut its fiscal-year revenue guidance, citing the war in Iran.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 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

From here I had a sweeping 360-degree view of the surrounding cratered landscape, stretching to the horizon in all directions.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

To make matters worse, oil prices fell by half in the first two years of Maduro’s presidency, cratering public finances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

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

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

The duties came as the company was facing a triple whammy of cratering sales in China, stagnant demand in Europe and the costs of investing into electric cars despite patchy demand.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 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