25K views · 1K reactions | A leading hypothesis suggests the Moon was formed when a planetary body about the mass of Mars collided with Earth. Researchers are simulating what a collision like that would look like and the effect it could have on a planet’s atmosphere. https://go.nasa.gov/30n51Zx | NASA Earth | Facebook

Yesterday, our Moon hit a rare milestone: 398,600 km (247,700 miles) from Earth the most distant apogee in decades. That’s not just a number. It’s a reminder that the Moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, but an ellipse, constantly shifting with gravitational pulls. When the Moon is this far, it appears slightly smaller in the sky, dims tidal forces, and even affects how we see eclipses turning them into “microlunar” events. It’s a subtle change, but a powerful one. For stargazers and sky lovers,