Articles for tag: EarthAndMoon, moon, OrbitalMechanics, SpaceScience

A half moon shines brightly against a dark sky.

Why Is The Moon Moving Away From Earth: What happens Next?

Suhail Ahmed

  Night after night, our Moon is slipping away – so slowly you’d never notice, so surely that lasers can. Scientists have been timing the round‑trip blink of laser pulses off Apollo-era mirrors and finding the lunar distance grows by a few centimeters each year. That recession is more than a curiosity; it is a ...