The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.

This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...