Two Asteroids Strike Moon, Creating Visible Flashes

Imagine the Moon is like a dusty playground with no air.

When little space rocks, called meteors, hit this playground really fast, they don't burn up like they do in Earth's air.

Instead, they make a bright flash of light and dig a little hole, like kicking up dust when you stomp your foot.

A special sky-watcher named Daichi Fujii used his cameras to catch two of these flashes.

The first flash happened on October 30, and the second was on November 1.

He thinks these space rocks might have come from a group called the Taurid meteor showers.

He was lucky to film them because these flashes are very quick and usually happen without anyone seeing them.

While these were small, another bigger space rock called 2024 YR4 might hit the Moon later in 2032, which scientists are watching closely.