The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows that most of the moon’s overall shape can be ...

Harnessing the power of ocean tides has long been imagined, but countries are only now putting it into practice. A demonstration project planned for Puget Sound will be the first tidal energy project ...

In a new study featured by New Scientist, researchers propose that Mars might have once had a much larger moon than it does today, capable of creating tidal effects on the Red Planet. This hypothesis ...

The emerging tidal-energy industry is spawning another in its shadow: tidal-energy monitoring. Little is known about tidal turbines' environmental effects and environmentalists, regulators and turbine ...

A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth, making it appear bigger and ...

Planets like Proxima Centauri b experience tides hundreds of times stronger than ones that move Earth’s oceans twice a day. The force of those tides also tugs on the planet’s atmosphere, but a recent ...

Jupiter isn’t much like Earth — which makes Caltech grad student Benjamin Idini’s research into its tides all the more interesting. There are no waves to ride for would-be Jovian surfers. “If you were ...