The Moon is slowly stealing Earth's rotational energy, making each day microscopically longer—a proc...
The 24-hour day is not fixed but slowly stretching, and in the dinosaurs' time it was shorter: the Moon's pull is gently braking Earth's spin, so a day back then ran about 23.5 hours, and far shorter deeper in the past
The Moon is slowly stealing Earth's rotational energy, making each day microscopically longer—a process that has been stretching time since the planet's...
Author: Space Daily
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