Earth's Gravitational Pull Cracks Open the Moon

Monday, October 12, 2015 - 07:30 in Astronomy & Space

Just as the moon's gravitational pull causes seas and lakes to rise and fall as tides on Earth, the Earth exerts tidal forces on the moon. Scientists have known this for a while, but now they've found that Earth's pull actually opens up faults on the moon

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