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The Moon Is Moving Farther From Earth Each Year, and Tides Are the Reason
The moon's gravity causes high and low tides, something known as the tidal force. As the tidal force shifts Earth's mass, it ...
Long ago, the Moon was much nearer Earth. Scientists believe a protoplanet collision created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.
The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...
A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...
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The Moon Used to Be Much Closer to Earth. It’s Drifting 1.5 Inches Farther From Earth Every Year and It’s Slowly Making Our Days Longer
So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...
Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...
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The world's first view of Earth from the moon, taken 59 years ago — Space photo of the week
On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth ...
At its nearest, 2025 PN7 comes 186,000 miles (299,337 kilometres) from Earth. Its average distance is about 238,855 miles ...
Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...
THE term “harvest moon,” originating in England, where the brilliant moon-light of several consecutive evenings aided the ...
In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...
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