The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) ...
During its initial molten phase, the Moon experienced tidal bulges on its near and far sides due to Earth's immense gravitational pull. The Moon's rotation initially carried these gravitationally ...
Reed Anway · On Dec. 8, 2025, the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China published a paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics about the Lunar Time Ephemeris, or simply the LTE400, a software which ...
Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...
Due to lower gravity, time passes faster on the moon than on Earth. New software synchronizes clocks on both celestial bodies ...
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