Nasa reveal photos of Moon crater after SpaceX rocket crash

Nasa has released photos of the surface of the Moon, showing the crater formed after a Space X rocket crashed into its surface.

The leftover part of the rocket was roughly as tall as a five-storey building and scientists say it was travelling at roughly 5,400 miles per hour.

It crashed into the Moon on the morning of 5 August but the impact wasn't able to be seen from Earth and posed no risk to us here either.

The event meant scientists have been able to compare before and after images to see exactly how the Moon's surface has changed.

You might have already seen some before-and-after images taken by South Korea's Danuri Moon orbiter which showed changes to the lunar landscape.

The latest images from Nasa show it in the greatest detail yet.

They were taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and engineers made sure it was tilted so the camera pointed toward the crater each time it passed.

Scientists estimate the crater is around 18 metres in width - that's a little less than the length of two buses - and less than three metres deep.

The abandoned rocket made contact with the equivalent power of three tonnes of dynamite, having been drifting through space for more than a year.