Within the border between 700km Mare Tranquillitatis and 550km Mare Fecunditatis, lies a young, 56km-wide crater called Taruntius. Positioned just 5.5° north of the Moon’s equator and well away from t

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Many of the most dramatic cosmic events take the form of explosions, from asteroid impacts to the Big Bang itself. Here are some of the most spectacular examples