NASA has released photos of an unidentified spacecraft that collided with the moon.
The images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show that the impact created an unusual crater on the moon's far side.
The images sparked a frenzy among conspiracy theorists on social media, with some hailing them as proof of alien activity.
However, there is a far more straightforward explanation: the divot was caused by an out-of-control rocket.
The rogue rocket part was discovered late last year as it hurtled toward a lunar collision.
They believe the school bus-sized hunk of metal collided with the surface of the rocky satellite in the early hours of March 4.
The origins of the rocket part are unknown. It was initially thought to belong to SpaceX, but it was later attributed to China's space agency.
Images of the crash site, which produced a rare double impact crater, could aid astronomers in determining who is to blame.
The lunar impact will have created a cloud of debris but will have done no serious damage.
It was the first time a man-made object collided with the moon without purpose.
NASA estimates that the double crater it left behind is about 29 metres (95 feet) wide.
It's made up of an 18-meter-wide (60-foot) divot that overlaps a 16-meter-wide divot (52 feet).
Scientists hoping to gain a better understanding of space collisions may find images of the site useful.
However, the origins of the rocket part remain unknown for the time being.
According to NASA scientists, the rocket part most likely belonged to China:
“Back in 2015, I misidentified this object as 2015-007B, the second stage of the DSCOVR spacecraft,” Gray, who developed the asteroid-tracking software Project Pluto, said at the time. “We now have good evidence that it is actually 2014-065B, the booster for the Chang’e 5-T1 lunar mission.”
But China claimed a few days later that the upper stage of the mission was safely burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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