Astrophotographer Caught a Meteor Striking the Moon During the Eclipse

Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse treated Americans to a special show, as Earth’s shadow crossed the Full Moon’s face. And during the event, something unusual happened. Astroimager Jamie Cooper, from Dustin, England, caught an meteor impact on the moon. Such events were theory only two generations ago, but now are fact and somewhat commonplace to the discerning observer.Today a simple video camera can capture meteorites impacting the moon. Unlike meteorites hitting Earth, thes