What if the earth had no moon?
Photo: Harvest Moon over the Basilica of Superga by Stefano De Rosa in NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.
We asked Google, which directed us to Life’s Little Mysteries.
According to physics professor Neil Comins, if the moon hadn’t formed life might not exist. “Huge tides generated by the moon—which orbited much closer to Earth when it formed—washed the chemical building blocks for life from land into the oceans and helped ‘stir up the primordial soup.'”
Also, the days and nights would be much shorter, and any existing creatures would’ve had to migrate frequently to deal with extreme climate changes. Read it here.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
July 12th, 2012 at 17:41
There would be no lunatics? No moonlighting?
July 12th, 2012 at 19:33
Hahahaha. Mental illness happens be there no moon or three.
July 13th, 2012 at 06:44
No day dreams, no songs, no mo(a)nings? He he.
July 14th, 2012 at 04:43
And no Twilight saga, no Underworld saga, no Luna Mystica, and no Moon Knight?!?