SciNatureNews, citing a 2026 paper by Robinson and colleagues in Science Advances, says NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images show McGetchin crater at about 222 meters wide and 43 meters deep. The crater reportedly formed between April 11 and May 22, 2024, when an asteroid or comet struck the Moon. The account says the impact loosened surrounding soil and changed its density, leaving a region roughly 6.4 kilometers across about 9°C colder at night. The impactor was never directly observed; scientists estimated its size from the crater and debris pattern.