The Moon appears unchanging in the night sky, but its movement hides a slow transformation. For decades, scientists have observed that our satellite is gradually moving away from Earth, year ...

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 ...

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

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are ...

File Photo - A plane passes by the full super harvest moon as it rises past Dallas’ Comerica bank tower, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer Social media may be abuzz with ...

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