The moon is constantly being bombarded by asteroids, but the cosmic events are rarely seen by us on Earth – until now.
Hazegrayart (a YouTube channel) shared a video showing an animated representation of the moon’s surface after it has been battered with space rocks.
The animation shows small lights shining on the moon’s surface. It is a three-minute long animation that represents asteroids colliding into the Moon’s surface. Closer inspection also shows an amazing display of light shooting from newly formed craters.
There were more than 6100 pounds of meteor materials that hit the moon each day. This is approximately 100,000 separate rocks. But most of these objects are smaller than a grain of dust.
However, if it were not for the moon taking the brunt of the collisions, Earth would instead be hit – and life has we known it might not have existed.
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The moon is constantly being bombarded by asteroids, but the cosmic events are rarely seen by us on Earth – until now. Hazegrayart, a YouTube channel shared a video showing the moon’s surface getting battered by several space rocks that explode upon impact.
The moon is approximately 234,000 miles from Earth. Here, it creates night and high tides, and gives animals a navigational and natural migration tool.
This is approximately 4.53 Billion years ago, while Earth is roughly 4.54 Billion years.
While scientists don’t know the exact mechanism by which the moon was created, they believe it was caused by collisions between Earth and another smaller planet. This would be similar to Mars.
It acts as an effective barrier against the space rocks.

The three-minute clip shows small lights that twinkle across the moon’s surface. These are asteroids colliding into the Moon’s surface. Closer inspection also shows an amazing display of light coming out of the newly formed crater.

The moon receives more than 6,100 pounds per day of meteor material. This is roughly 100,000 per day. However, most of these are as small as a dust speck. However, if it were not for the moon taking the brunt of the collisions, Earth would instead be hit – and life has we known it might not have existed
The International Astronomical Union has identified 9,137 lunar craters. 1,675 of these have been dated.
It is estimated that the fastest asteroids go 45,000 miles per hour. The slower ones travel more than 160,000mph.
These speeds are so fast even small ones can have amazing energy. One with only 10 pounds can dig an area 30 feet in diameter, and then hurl 165,000 lbs of lunar soil.
Scientists sometimes are even able to see the stars.

It is located approximately 240,000 miles away from Earth. The moon shines its light at night on Earth and creates high tides. The moon is approximately 4.53 billion year old. Earth, however, is roughly 4.54 billion.

According to the International Astronomical Union, there are currently 9,137 moon-surface volcanic craters. 1,675 of these have been dating. While the slowest asteroids are able to travel at 45,000 miles an hour, those that move faster go more than 160,000 mph.
NASA released a 2013 telescope that captured the moment an 8-pound meteorite hit the moon.
This was the biggest American space agency saw since its eight-year old observation of lunar impacts.
“It exploded almost 10 times brighter than anything that we’ve seen before,” Bill Cooke from NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama stated in a statement.
NASA claimed that there was a flash so strong, no telescope could have been used to see the moon during the time of impact.

This month’s study suggests that a near-Earth object the size of a Ferris Wheel could be an ancient part of our moon. Kamooalewa is not well-known, although light reflections from the space rock at 190 feet suggest it to be the same material that was used in NASA’s Apollo missions.
This month’s study suggests that a strange near-Earth object the size of Ferris wheels could be an ancient part of our moon.
Although little is known about Kamooalewa’s discovery five years ago (the space rock is 190 feet in height), light reflections from it suggest that the material is the same as the lunar rocks NASA discovered during its Apollo missions.
The object is one of a handful of known quasi-satellites — a subcategory of near-Earth asteroids that orbit the sun but remain relatively close to Earth.