A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is set to crash into the Moon today, providing scientists a chance to study crater formation.

A drifting SpaceX rocket stage will crash into the Moon, creating a significant crater and dust plume.

"The debris plume should reach roughly 15 to 20 km in altitude for the ejecta..."

Abandoned spacecraft will hit with the force of three tons of TNT and leave behind a hole in the lunar surface

Astronomers' simulations predict what the lunar impact—and its aftermath—will look like