The largest, Titan ... entirely of water ice, the surface is highly reflective. A large trench crosses the moon, running diagonally from its north to south pole and spanning three-quarters ...

At the moon’s poles, even small variations in topography can make for significant differences in surface temperature—as demonstrated neatly by Chandrayaan-3’s landing site measurements.

A second commercially-built moon lander, this one built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, landed near the moon's south pole Thursday ... on the surface of the moon yet again," Altemus disclosed.