The Moon is getting farther away from Earth; what are the impacts on humans?
The Moon is getting farther away from Earth; what are the impacts on humans? The moon not only moves around the earth (revolution), but also moves away from the earth. In fact, according to a report by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Moon has been steadily moving away from Earth since 2.5 billion years ago. This was revealed from the monitoring of the reflective panels installed by NASA in 1969 during the Apollo mission. This tool shows that the Moon is moving away from Earth by 3.8 centimeters each year. Quoted from Insider, Professor Joshua Davies of the University of Quebec, Montreal, and co-researcher Marguerite Lantinck of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with colleagues from the Universities of Utrecht and Geneva, said this new discovery may be exciting, but it is also bad news for past guides. Because if the four and a half billion year old moon drifted at this speed throughout its existence, then the moon collided with Earth about 1...