30/03/2026
A powerful moment can be captured when a space rock strikes the Moon’s surface, creating a sudden and dramatic event in space. These rocks travel at extremely high speeds and hit with great force.
Because the Moon has no atmosphere, nothing slows down these objects, allowing them to impact the surface directly without burning up.
At the moment of collision, a brief flash of light and a small cloud of dust can be seen, lasting only a fraction of a second.
Over billions of years, repeated impacts like this have shaped the Moon’s crater-filled surface, which we can clearly see even from Earth.
Unlike Earth, where weather erases impact marks, the Moon preserves these craters for a very long time.
These rare captured events help scientists understand how space rocks move and collide in our solar system.