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 ...

The tidal force from the Moon can be as much as 50% greater! While that sounds dangerous, it’s not like we’ll see huge earthquakes and roaring tidal waves from this, because even at their ...

However, without buckets of water on its surface like Earth has, tidal effects on the moon are far more subtle. The moon does, however, experience changes in its shape and gravity. You may like ...

Our Moon Might Be Full of ‘Moon Goo’ Analyzing lunar tidal data from two NASA missions, scientists can discern the surprising interior of the Earth’s only natural satellite.

Scientists propose a 'remelting' of the Moon's surface 4.35 billion years ago due to the tidal pull of Earth causing widespread geological upheaval and intense heating.

There were fewer than 10 hours in a day when the Moon first came into being around 4.5 billion years ago, but they have grown longer as lunar tidal forces gradually slowed Earth’s rotation.

With the whole system synchronized, the Earth and Moon will no longer have any tidal effects on each other, and the Moon will stop moving away. But not all tides will be gone at that point!

Artist's impression of what the Moon looked like during the tidal-heating event. There would have been intense volcanic activity everywhere. The early Earth would have loomed much larger in the ...

Explore>> Related: Full snow moon is here; it’s the largest supermoon of the year These bulges, known as tidal bulges, on opposite sides of Earth are very small when compared with the radius of ...

Without our Moon's effects, the grunion's reproductive cycle would be impossible. Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words. Talk less; smile more.

Jupiter's big ocean-harboring moons may have a strong gravitational effect on each other, raising big tides in each others' subsurface seas, a new study suggests.