LROC images reveal intricate details of lunar impacts
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
The moon is pelted with cosmic debris all the time, but the largest explosion on its surface that we've actually recorded occurred two years ago today. On March 17, 2013, an object the size of a small boulder hit the surface in Mare Imbrium and exploded in a flash of light nearly 10 times as bright as anything ever recorded before.