NASA Solar System(@NASASolarSystem):Tonight's full Moon has an atmosphere too — just extraordinarily thin. With about a quadrillion times fewer molecules in a given space than Earth's, it’s so sparse that space rocks strike the surface directly instead of burning up! https://t.co/Li8hlinNDy 📸 NASA/Bill Dunford

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2026.06.29 15:29

Tonight's full Moon has an atmosphere too — just extraordinarily thin. With about a quadrillion times fewer molecules in a given space than Earth's, it’s so sparse that space rocks strike the surface directly instead of burning up! 📸 NASA/Bill Dunford