Chris Baraniuk writes in New Scientist that a meteorite has been observed
impacting into the Moon during the period of the most recent lunar eclipse.
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Originally Posted by Chris Baraniuk, New Scientist
During the eclipse, some people noticed a tiny flash, a brief yellow-white speck, popping up on the lunar surface during the online broadcasts.
One Reddit user raised the possibility that this was a meteorite impact and others scoured eclipse footage for evidence of the event. A flash is visible in at least three different videos.
Jose Maria Madiedo at the University of Huelva in Spain has confirmed that the impact is genuine. For years, he and his colleagues have been hoping to observe a meteorite impact on the moon during a lunar eclipse, but the brightness of these events can make that very difficult – lunar meteorite impacts have been filmed before, but not during an eclipse.
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Story and video here :-
https://www.newscientist.com/article...lunar-eclipse/