India, Aug. 5 -- A part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon after travelling through space for months. The crash appears to have been accidental. The rocket part was the upper section of a Falcon 9 that SpaceX launched in January 2025.

The part that hit the Moon was not the reusable booster. It was the upper part of the rocket, which stayed in space after the launch.

The object was estimated to be about 14 metres long and travelled roughly 385,000 kilometres before reaching the Moon. Specialist telescopes were monitoring the Moon to confirm whether the rocket part had hit the lunar surface.

NASA said the collision poses no danger to Earth. Scientists are instead looking at the event as a chance to lear...