In case you missed it, it emerged earlier this week that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was either about to, or had already, unintentionally crashed into the moon. While the collision wasn't thought to be particularly large,

While scientists observed evidence that the upper stage of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon in August 2026, this clip doesn't show it.

Why Did the Rocket Crash? The Falcon 9 fragment made a crash landing after being in an unstable orbit for more than a year. The rocket launched in January 2025, completing its mis

Part of a Falcon 9 rocket unintentionally smashed into the moon on August 5 around 2:35 a.m. Eastern Time, as predicted, and some scientific instruments have spotted signs of it. However, no one was able to witness the much-anticipated collision in real time,