wobbles

Stunning footage reveals how much the moon ‘wobbles’ in the night sky during each 27-day orbit

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At first glance, you’d be forgiven for mistaking this footage for a scene from the latest science fiction blockbuster.  But it is very much real, and shows in dramatic detail just how much the moon ‘wobbles’ in the sky during each 27-day orbit. Lunar photographer Andrew McCarthy spent hundreds of hours over 22 consecutive nights, taking … Read more

Ground ‘wobbles’ a tiny amount for months before a giant earthquake

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A series of ‘wobbles’ come before giant earthquakes, a new study discovered, and it  could help scientists predict when future disasters are going to happen. Scientists from Ohio State University found that months before Japan‘s strongest ever quake in 2011 land masses in the country underwent an enormous ‘wobble’.  The 2011 earthquake unleashed a tsunami … Read more