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A 13-meter rocket hit the Moon: Tasmanian researchers helped track it there

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  • Phys.org · September 2, 2026 13:40
    A 13-meter (43-foot) Falcon 9 rocket stage struck the moon last month, leaving a crater about 20 meters (66 feet) wide. In the days before impact, University of Tasmania researchers from the School of Natural Sciences were the first in the world to detect the object by radar, helping refine…