# The Moon’s freshest craters are recognisable by bright rays of newly excavated rock and dust, which space weathering gradually darkens—and the new 222-metre McGetchin crater is so fresh that its ejecta still gleams, having formed sometime between 11 Ap

> **Open Intelligence Dossier** · First detected: 2026-09-18 16:00 UTC · Category: Science

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