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The Moon is slowly leaving Earth's orbit and is fated to zoom off into space, astronomer warns

Humanity could one day be forced to say goodbye to the Moon, assuming we haven't destroyed each other first or been wiped out by some cosmic calamity.

A leading astronomer has told The Mirror that our lunar neighbour is slowly edging its way out of the planet's gravitational pull.

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