trustme.bro/r/…
✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim
The Moon is slowly drifting away from the Earth.
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
refutedsupported
the weight of evidence
3 sources for · 0 against

Multiple scientific studies utilizing orbital dynamics and geological data confirm that the Moon is gradually moving further away from the Earth due to tidal interactions.

Evidence for · 3
Long-Term Earth-Moon Evolution With High-Level Orbit and Ocean Tide Models.
2021 · cited by 10
Paper [3] explicitly discusses how tidal energy dissipation increases the lunar orbit semi-major axis over geological time.
See more details
The analysis

The claim is a specific, empirical statement supported by multiple recent papers investigating Earth-Moon system evolution, tidal dissipation, and geological proxies such as Milankovitch cycles. None of the provided papers refute the claim.

More for · 2
Milankovitch cycles in banded iron formations constrain the Earth-Moon system 2.46 billion years ago.
2022 · cited by 5
Paper [5] uses cyclostratigraphy to reconstruct past Earth-Moon distances, confirming an increasing lunar distance over billions of years.
A 650-Myr history of Earth's axial precession frequency and the evolution of the Earth-Moon system derived from cyclostratigraphy.
2024 · cited by 1
Paper [9] models the evolution of the Earth-Moon system and reconstructs the historical increase in lunar distance.
The paper trail · every fact has a biography
first checked04 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8204 Aug 2026
This receipt carries no identity, shared or not. Sharing publishes your connection to it, not your data.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
trust me, bro: win the argument, pass the class, survive peer review.
This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work · Dispute this receipt