A new crater may have been made on the Moon after a SpaceX rocket was believed to have crashed into the surface.

The empty upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket was due to strike the Moon about 5,400mph (8,700km/h) on Wednesday 5 August.

However it could be days or even weeks we see any pictures – the BBC’s science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why.

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