Astronomer catches meteorite smashing into the moon (video)
WEBMar 10, 2023 · Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii captured the telltale flash of a meteorite impacting the moon, causing a brief flash on our celestial neighbor's nightside.
Fact Check: Animation of asteroid strike on moon shared as real …
WEBJun 14, 2024 · A screenshot of an animation depicting an asteroid striking the moon has surfaced on social media inaccurately described as a real event in early June. The image shows a white ring of debris...
Lunar Impact Videos - NASA
WEBOct 24, 2023 · This video shows several lunar impact flashes and other events detected at the Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory (ALaMO). It plays in real time. A green box marks the area where the flash was observed.
Brilliant Flash Reveals The Moment a Meteor Smacks Hard Into The Moon
WEBMar 14, 2023 · The Moon 's bombardment is ongoing, and the rain of debris is constant. Most of it goes unseen, but a particularly bright impact flash was caught by astronomer Daichi Fujii of the Hiratsuka City Museum in late February, using Moon-viewing equipment at his home in Hiratsuka.
Watch the moon get rocked by a meteorite during this weekend's …
WEBJan 22, 2019 · Jose Madiedo, an astronomer at the University of Huelva in Spain, says the glint was caused by a meteorite that slammed into the lunar surface right as the moon became completely engulfed in...
A huge asteroid crash permanently altered Jupiter's biggest moon ...
WEBSep 4, 2024 · A colossal asteroid slammed into Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede with so much power it dramatically and permanently reoriented the moon roughly 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.
NASA Smashes Into an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a …
WEBSep 26, 2022 · Hitting an asteroid with a high-speed projectile nudges its orbit. For an asteroid headed toward Earth, that could be enough to change a direct hit to a near miss.
NASA's surprising reason for crashing into an asteroid's moon
WEBOct 1, 2022 · On Sept. 26, a 1,300-pound spacecraft crashed into a harmless asteroid the size of a football stadium some 6.8 million miles away to find out whether the collision could nudge the space...
What would happen if an asteroid hit the Moon?
WEBAug 24, 2023 · On Sept. 26, the spacecraft intentionally crashed into the asteroid's small moon, Dimorphos. The crash changed the time it takes Dimorphos to orbit Didymos by 33 minutes, proving that the deflection technique of using what's called a …
Live updates: DART asteroid space mission | CNN
WEBSep 27, 2022 · A NASA spacecraft is getting closer to deliberately crashing into its target — Dimorphos, a small moon orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Didymos. The space agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection ...