‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon
- Posted on August 6, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon
Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface
