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As of September 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images.".
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
Match confidence Medium confidence. 7 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidence Medium 7 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidence Mostly same 0/99 — the outlets mostly agree on the headline takeaway.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-left No matching source in this bucket yet. Optics keeps watching for pickup.
Center NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields The Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) · Center · News report
Right / center-right NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields Al.com (Alabama News) · Center-right · News report
SEE THE HEADLINES
NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images."
Open source NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images."
Open source NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images."
Open source
Center-right Mostly Factual NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images."
Open source NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images."
Open source NASA spots new crater on the moon the size of two football fields “It was by far the most obvious impact debris pattern I’ve ever seen in one of these images."
Open source Show all 7 sources
Center-right Mostly Factual NASA orbiter discovers massive new crater on the moon A new scientific report reveals details behind the discovery of a massive new crater on the moon, formed just two years ago by a comet or asteroid the size of a three- to six-story building...
Open source Details 0/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 7 sources 0/99 Wording Gap Medium confidence 7 sources · 2 bias buckets Live match · 7 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format Formats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Sep 18, 10:02 PM: Deseret News joined the source map.
Sep 18, 10:03 PM: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) joined the source map.
Sep 18, 10:03 PM: The Star-Ledger (NJ.com) joined the source map.
Sep 18, 10:03 PM: Oregonian joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 0/99 and story health is live match · 7 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.
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0/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence.
Live match · 7 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format
Formats: News report
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