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Recent scientific research has confirmed that charged particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been reaching the Moon for ...

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 ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary collisions and Earth's internal cooling, causing contraction ...

It sounds like a sci-fi plot, but it’s a cold, hard scientific fact: our closest cosmic neighbor, the moon, is slowly moving farther from Earth. Is this a big deal? And if so, how does it affect life ...