Monday, February 24, 2014

The Moon gets smacked


I'm surprised this hasn't been news before now, but back in September (September, um, 11, in fact, otherwise known as 9/11), the Moon got hit with a big rock.  So big that the flash lasted eight seconds.

I guess the reason we're just hearing about this is that it has just been scientifically reported.  

 'Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits Moon (with the discovery picture)

I sincerely hope that NASA has tasked the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to find the new impact crater. Hey, they just found a really new Mars crater, didn't they?






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