Video shows moment huge meteorite crashes into surface of the moon - VIDEO

The rock, which was the size of a car, struck while travelling at thousands of miles an hour.The impact, recorded by astronomers in Spain, was the biggest ever seen.A bright flash of light can be seen on screen as the meteorite hit.The scientists published the event in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.The moon is pock-marked by giant craters where space debris has ploughed into it - some of which has travelled millions of miles through space.The moon does not have an atmosphere which can repel small rocks.There is only a small chance that very big space objects would strike the moon, the Earth or other planets, but smaller ones can get through.Scientists have created networks of telescopes across the globe which are able to detect them, the Society reports.Earlier this month a giant asteroid was recorded by scientists thundering past Earth at 27,000mph.(mirror.co.uk)ANN.Az