Full Moon, Blue Moon, No Moon — What Would the Earth be Like if it Didn’t Have a Moon?

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Last week, somebody asked me what life on Earth would be like if we didn’t have a moon.

Our moon is something we take for granted, but it’s destruction is a trope of science fiction writers. Neal Stephenson starts Seveneves by blowing up the moon. There “used” to be a moon in Richard K. Morgan’s grimdark (think gay…