During the Last Lunar Eclipse, a Meteor Smacked the Moon in the Face at 38,000 Mph

By Brandon Specktor On January 21, 2019, the full moon passed entirely into Earth’s shadow and, well, got smacked in the face pretty hard. Seconds after the total phase of that night’s lunar eclipse began, a meteorite slammed into the moon’s surface, causing a brief but bright flash of light visible to amateur astronomers across the …