For centuries, astronomers have watched brief, unexplained flashes light up the lunar surface, a phenomenon so persistent and ...

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On December 12, 2025, a team of astronomers at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) witnessed something truly rare—a brief flash of light on the Moon’s surface caused by a meteoroid impact.

NOTE: ZHR, zenithal hourly rate, the approximate number of shower-related meteors an observer would see under ideal conditions; Max Date, the date at which the highest flux of meteors is normally ...

Powerful solar storms can charge up the soil in frigid, permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, and may possibly produce “sparks” that could vaporize and melt the soil, perhaps as much as ...

TL;DR: Researchers found that seismic signals on Mars penetrate deeper than expected, as shown by recent studies using NASA's InSight Lander data. A meteoroid impact at Cerberus Fossae revealed ...

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Bright impact flash made by a 1-foot-wide rock that struck the moon on March 17, 2013. The moon was a crescent in the evening sky at the time. The impact occurred in the dark, earthlit part of the ...