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Explosion on the Moon
Posted on Wednesday, January 04 @ 04:55:00 EST by shushan |
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Source BBC News 03.01.2006
A rare sight has been witnessed by NASA scientists, an explosion on the moon caused by a meteoroid.
Most likely part of a shower of ‘taurids’ , the meteorid created a blast equal to about 70kg of TNT and caused a estimated crater of 3m wide and 0.4m deep on the edge of Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains)
For the full story and pictures, go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4570730.stm
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