The moon is slowly leaving Earth

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Our supposedly loyal satellite is pulling a slow-motion vanishing act. Thanks to the tidal friction between Earth and the moon, rotational energy is constantly being transferred into orbital energy, pushing the moon away by a couple of inches annually. Give it enough eons, and total solar eclipses will be literally physically impossible.

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Imagine a sphere of darkness so dense that time loops around it — not in theory but in orbit, a black hole devouring its own reflection.

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