Our Moon Is Drifting Away. Here's What We Can Expect to Happen.

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its ...

The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

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 ...
New Scientist

The moon is 40 million years older than we thought it was

A reanalysis of lunar rock has pushed back the age of the moon by 40 million years. This means it formed at least 4.46 billion years ago. Scientists think the moon came into existence after a ...
Astronomy

Why does Earth have only one Moon?

Two primary theories explain planetary moon formation: gravitational capture within a planet's Hill sphere radius and simultaneous formation with the solar system during its accretion disk phase. A ...
NPR

You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret

The Moon has long been the Earth's close companion, but researchers have struggled to understand exactly when the moon formed, because tiny crystals in the moon rocks brought home by astronauts ...
Space.com

Newborn moon may have had many mini-siblings in Earth orbit long ago

The findings suggest that similar moonlets could orbit distant exoplanets and their moons. researchers said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...