Thus, as at the time of the new moon, the sun and the moon being in the same parts of the heavens—the tides produced in the ocean are then the highest, because they are equal to the sum of the ...

causing in most places two high tides a day as our planet rotates on its axis. The moon's gravity pulls the ocean toward itself to create the near-side bulge, but this doesn't account for the ...

When teachers explain ocean tides, they frequently describe how the moon's gravity pulls on Earth and all of its water. This, they often say, leads to a gravitational imbalance, which stretches ...

The Moon was once much closer to Earth. How did its gravity affect a dinosaur’s weight?

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can ...

The Moon's most obvious influence is on our tides. Ocean tides are caused by the gravitational pull between the Earth and the ...

Of the moon, we always see a hemisphere and a little more because its rotation is synchronous and blocked by the tide. This means that one lunar rotation on its axis corresponds to the time of ...

The movement of the ocean tides is actually quite important ... on observed changes in relation to the phases of the Moon. These days, tide-predicting is done quickly and with digital computers.

King tides cause sunny-day flooding in Miami every fall due to the Earth, sun, and moon aligning and amplifying tidal forces.

For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission is headed to Jupiter's moon Europa, which likely harbors a great sea. The space agency released ...