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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 ...
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Discovery suggests Earth once had two moons that merged

Recent scientific research has unearthed an intriguing proposition that Earth may have once been orbited by two moons instead of one. This radical idea not only challenges our understanding of the ...