Lunar blast.A massive explosion recently rocked the moon--and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. scientists captured the best-ever images of the stunning sight. The blast occurred when a meteoroid meteoroid: see meteor. revolving around the sun smashed into the moon. The impact from the rocky body created a fiery flash, which astronomers in Alabama filmed using a telescope. The basketball-sized rock blew a crater as big as a swimming pool into the moon's surface. "You wouldn't have wanted to be near it when it hit," says Bill Cooke, a NASA astronomer. Meteoroids constantly bombard bom·bard tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards 1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles. 2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See Synonyms at attack, barrage2. 3. the moon and Earth. But gases in Earth's atmosphere “Air” redirects here. For other uses, see Air (disambiguation). Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth and retained by the Earth's gravity. It contains roughly (by molar content/volume) 78% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0. cause most meteoroids to burn up before they crash on our planet. The moon lacks a protective atmosphere, so it is peppered with craters. |
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