A giant crater on the lunar farside holds the key to a catastrophic bombardment that reshaped the Moon, Earth and other planets. Eric Hand reports.
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Hand, E. Planetary science: The hole at the bottom of the Moon. Nature 453, 1160–1163 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/4531160a
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