Moon's close proximity to Earth may have pushed icebergs into path of Titanic [View all]

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A century after the Titanic disaster, scientists may have found an unexpected culprit for the sinking: the Moon.

The transatlantic liner went down in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing 1,517 people. But, says Donald Olson, a Texas State University physicist whose team of forensic astronomers examined the Moon's role, "the lunar connection may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/moons-close-proximity-to-earth-may-have-pushed-icebergs-into-path-of-titanic-7544513.html