As the title says, though it appears to be on the headlines today (exactly 8 months later to the day), an impact was recorded on the Moon on St. Patrick's Day this year, and now has been confirmed following follow-up observations from the LRO craft.
The initial flash was estimated to have been a c. 5 kilotonne explosion (5 tonnes of TNT) caused by a 1.5ft object with an estimated crater of up to 20 meters in diameter.
Jumpin' Jack Flash! New lunar crater discovered
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