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Could the Moon fall onto Earth?

STRONOMY In Roland Emmerich’s 2022 disaster film Moonfall, an unknown force knocks the Moon out of its orbit, causing it to approach Earth rapidly. The resulting tidal forces become so powerful that they trigger global natural disasters, and only a daring

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