Mastodawn

The Artemis II crew observed six impact flashes from meteorites striking the Moon! The impacts appeared near the equatorial region & were most clearly seen while the Moon was eclipsing the Sun.

No photos, unfortunately: The flashes happened too quickly.

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-saw-meteorites-striking-the-moon-in-real-time #space #science #nature #artemis

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Corey S Powell 1d ago

Meanwhile, the European NELIOTA program is monitoring lunar impacts from Earth, and has already logged 207 confirmed strikes.

https://neliota.astro.noa.gr/ #space #science #astronomy

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Corey S Powell

In case you're wondering, there's a strong selection effect that makes it difficult to observe meteorite strikes near the lunar poles.