Flames to dust; Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?
Why do they? Anyway. I'm doing my physics assignment (as per usual). As it turns out the Moon moves an average of 3 cm's away from Earth every year. Scientists speculate that around 4 billion years ago the Moon was half as far away as it is now. That means that over time, the Earth will no longer have a moon because it'll have moved so far away that the Earth's gravitational pull with no longer keep it in sync with us. The Moon is actually responsible for a lot. It's the reason the days are 24 hours long. Back when it was half as far away the days were longer. It's a complicated scientific process that explains this, and even though I now unfortunately know it, I have no desire to reguritate it. But in another 4 billion years when the moon is 50% further then it is now, the days will be shorter. Of course, none of this matters because by the time it does that the Sun will have grown to the size of a Red Giant and swallowed up Mercury and Venus. Earth may get swallowed up or we may get thrown into an even wider orbit and escape it (an orbit roughly 1.7 AU's in size). None the less none of this even matters because one day the Sun will die, and the planets will just start to drift aimlessly throughout space. Of course we'll all be dead by then, so it really shouldn't even register in our brains. So why bother studying it? Yes, as humans we will all die; thus fulfilling the age old proverb that all good things - in this case life - really do come to an end. What an existance we now lead....
Oh, ps,
