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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Nuray Bulbul

Why is the moon shrinking and what does it mean for the Earth?

The moon appears to have changed shape significantly over the past few hundred million years and the contractions have raised doubt about the feasibility of establishing colonies on the moon because of the likelihood of moonquakes.

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