It's the reliable celestial companion that's stuck around for 4.5 billion years. But the moon is slowly drifting away from ...

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

Long ago, the Moon was much nearer Earth. Scientists believe a protoplanet collision created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.

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

The Moon is slowly receding from Earth at a rate of around 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) per year. This might seem infinitesimal when measured against the Moon's average distance from the planet of ...

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

The design of the Deep Blue S07 boasts a futuristic aesthetic, with the newly added 'Chiguang Yellow' body color providing consumers with more choices. Owners can select their preferred color from ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

Saturn's rings are unimaginably vast. They extend outwards from Saturn's surface for hundreds of thousands of kilometers; to ...

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

At its nearest, 2025 PN7 comes 186,000 miles (299,337 kilometres) from Earth. Its average distance is about 238,855 miles ...

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