Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii, curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum, shared footage of two meteors striking the moon’s surface. The first impact occurred on Oct. 30 at 8:30 p.m. Japan Standard Time, followed by a second on Nov. 1 at 8:49 p.m.

Fujii shared the footage on X , explaining that “since the moon has no atmosphere, meteors cannot be seen, and it lights up at the moment a crater is formed.”

Because the moon lacks an atmosphere, it has no protective shield to burn up incoming space rocks. When a meteor slams into its surface at tens of thousands of miles per hour, it releases an intense flash of light, visible from Earth.

According to Space.com , one of the meteoroids weighed an estimated 0.4 pounds and likely created a crater about 10 feet wide on impact. Fujii noted to

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