At the start of the film, astronomer Heywood Floyd arrives at Clavius Base to learn more about the discovery of a strange magnetic anomaly at nearby Tycho Crater. Following a rather tetchy meeting ...

These radiate out from the bright spot that is Tycho Crater. “On a clear, clear night, Tycho, which is a little bit below the equator, has beautiful white rays,” says Kring. “Those white rays are the ...

This mottled landscape showing the impact crater Tycho is among the most violent-looking places on our Moon. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Data collected by Orbiter V when it landed on the Moon in 1967 provide information about the history of the crater Tycho. Volcanic eruptions seem to have been involved in the crater's development.

NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of the Moon on December 7, 1992, showing the bright Tycho crater at the bottom. This image, captured by Lunar Orbiter 2, shows Copernicus crater on the Moon ...

Without doubt, the most impressive ray crater that we can see from Earth is Tycho. The crater itself is about 50 miles across but its rays spread for almost the diameter of the Moon. See if you ...