The Massive Chunk of Metal Hiding in the Moon

The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest known crater in existence, and there's something big hidden underneath.

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Sources:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GL082252 Main paper
https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=210457 press release
https://earthsky.org/space/mystery-mass-moon-south-pole-aitken-basin/ editorial
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July98/spa.html SPA
https://lunar-landing.arc.nasa.gov/LLW2018-40 sample return
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/exploration/CLSE-landing-site-study/SouthPoleAitkenBasin/

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