Astronauts studying 'impact flashes'7 April 7 April

Pallab GhoshScience correspondent Astronauts have been studying "impact flashes". These are the tiny, split-second bursts of light when small space rocks slam into the Moon fast enough to vaporise themselves and a patch of lunar surface. The astronauts now have a one-hour observation break. That’s a chance to rest their brains from checklists while still doing useful observing on the darkened Moon. Coming up in an hour or so – a total solar eclipse, which should be a mind-blowing momen