A new animation depicts that process ... All this dragging back and forth creates friction around Earth's tidal bulge, which pushes the moon outward and makes its orbit larger.
A Feb. 25 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows images from a Feb. 22 CBS News Boston broadcast about a commercial U.S. spacecraft landing on the moon. One shows a side view of the ...
What if the moon and planets were closer to Earth? That's what Nick Holmes decided to find out. Holmes, AKA "yeti dynamics" on YouTube, animated these 3D models. He is an amateur astronomer and is ...
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The video shows our view from Earth as the moon passes through its month-by-month phases, from full moon to new moon. At the bottom right corner, the animation also tracks the boundary of sunlight ...