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 ...

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

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 new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how that influence shifts with seasons and tides. A new ...

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 ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam have developed an accurate model for the detection and interpretation of gravitational waves emitted by neutron stars in ...

Beachgoers and coastal visitors are being urged to exercise extra caution this weekend as a new moon spring tide peaks today, ...