Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.
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Why The Moon Is Getting Farther From Earth Every Year – And What It Means For Us
The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...
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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 ...
STORY: NASA will send four astronauts on a ten-day voyage around the moon in 2026 - the latest step in a mission to land ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually ...
But does the moon really affect buck activity? It's a question hunters have been arguing over for ages. Now, thanks to a new ...
In 1968, just a year before the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, NASA scientists discovered something that could have sent astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins plunging to their ...
2025-PN7 is around 62 feet (19 meters) wide, and it’s between 2.8 million miles and 37.2 million miles away from Earth. It ...
Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.
Study finds the moon may still affect sleep, mood, and menstrual cycles - but artificial light could be throwing us off track ...
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Venus has lava tubes, and they're weird
It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...
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