Monday, 10. March 2003
Topic: - on March 10, 2003 at 6:38:50 PM CET
Solving a 50-Year-Old Moon Mystery
NASA Backs Amateur Stargazer's Claim of Spotting Asteroid Crash. Back in the 12th century, monks in England claimed they saw a spectacular eruption of fire and hot coals on the crescent moon. Others have since made similar claims about mysterious lunar flashes. Professional space scientists have dismissed such amateur reports, saying there's no evidence the flashes related to anything happening to the moon itself. They say they may simply be meteors streaking past the moon. But now, a NASA researcher says at least one amateur astronomer was right. NPR's Vikki Valentine reports.
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