The Moon is drifting away from Earth, a tiny shift that scientists can measure with remarkable precision. This slow drift comes from the way Earth and its lunar companion pull on each other, gradually ...

A report from Space Daily says the moon is receding from Earth at 3.8 centimeters per year. “That number is small enough to sound trivial. It is not,” Space Daily states. “The same measurement, ...

Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as "co-orbitals," these small bits of rock have a 1:1 mean motion resonance with Earth. Basically, they take the exact same amount of time to orbit the sun ...