ScienceScientists confirm SpaceX rocket stage crashed into moon

Astronomers confirmed that a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the moon early Wednesday at about 8,690 kilometers per hour. The unintentional impact posed no danger to Earth; the European Southern Observatory detected sodium and lithium gas spectral lines in the plume for five to 10 minutes.

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