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Scientists Witness Meteor Strike on the Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-what-they-want-us-to-think dept.

Lonesome Squash writes "BBC reports that scientists have seen a smallish meteor strike on the moon. Impact only equivalent to 70kg of TNT, but still, you wouldn't want to have it land on your moonbase. At that size, it's kind of neat they saw it at all."

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  1. Re:Dupe by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey, it took them 9 days. I think they are getting better. Much better than that dupe of a story still on the front page. Plus this was right before christmas, editors probably werent paying full attention.

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  2. In Other News... by DeathByDuke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot Astronomers observe another dupe impact CmdrTacos house

  3. Re:Dupe by Kijori · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pretty memorable story though. Some of the dupes could almost be new stories, the same thing happens so often, but this is the only moon-explosion dupe I've seen here on /.

  4. Re:Dupe by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just be glad we dont have any "Thats no moon..." comment dupes.

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  5. Re:Dupe by Elvis+Parsley · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's still early.

  6. Re:Dupe by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whats with the mod abuse of all our replies being labeled offtopic? I wasnt the one who said dupe, I just responded to the guy who did. Guess I can watch my karma burn.

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