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08 July 2025
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Thank the Moon for Earth's Lengthening Day

A new study that reconstructs the deep history of our planet's relationship to the moon shows that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours. This is at least in part because the moon was closer and changed the way the Earth spun around its axis.
News ID: 70540    Publish Date : 2018/06/05

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