Bursts of light captured crashing into the moon last week were caused by dual asteroid strikes against the lunar surface that were likely strong enough to form hulking craters, according to videos captured by a Japanese astronomer .

The moon bizarrely lit up late Oct. 30 and again on Nov. 1 — as astronomers assured that it wasn’t a spooky surprise but a common interstellar phenomenon that one museum curator in Japan was lucky enough to capture on film.

Daichi Fujii, an astronomer and curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum, shared the seemingly mundane footage of the first strike on Oct. 30 — but helped explain the visuals so that even the layman viewer could appreciate its wonder.

“Since the moon has no atmosphere, meteors cannot be seen, and it lights up at the moment a crater is forme

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