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Tidal Lock: Could Earth End Up Like the Moon?

 Imagine a world where one side of Earth basks in eternal daylight while the other is locked in endless night. This isn’t science fiction—it’s what scientists call tidal lock, and it’s exactly what happened to our Moon. Tidal locking occurs when a planet’s rotation slows until it always shows the same face to its star ...