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LunaSea

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Fri May 17, 2013, 06:56 PM May 2013

Moon Bombing continues... [View all]


For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. "Lunar meteor showers" have turned out to be more common than anyone expected, with hundreds of detectable impacts occurring every year.

They've just seen the biggest explosion in the history of the program.



http://phys.org/news/2013-05-bright-explosion-moon.html#nwlt
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Moon Bombing continues... [View all] LunaSea May 2013 OP
Oh jberryhill May 2013 #1
Please don't share. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #13
Are we doing this? zappaman May 2013 #2
We are using foie gras ducks strapped to uncircumcised pit bulls. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #10
I bet you really take this personally, huh? dawg May 2013 #3
Fuck the Moon! randome May 2013 #4
There are reports on this same phenomenon from the Middle Ages, just dimbear May 2013 #5
I bet it was struck by a blade from a Siemens wind turbine. Codeine May 2013 #6
The blade was "hurled" into space. MineralMan May 2013 #7
We gave the moon cancer! We're doomed!!! n/t winter is coming May 2013 #16
Damn Skippy, that's DUzy worthy Brother Buzz May 2013 #8
. Capt. Obvious May 2013 #9
here goes... Quantess May 2013 #11
is it the direction of our motion in the solar system tiny elvis May 2013 #12
Don't blame Earth! freshwest May 2013 #14
Sometimes...one little thread on DU can make me feel like I'm high... ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #15
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