The Moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 km) from Earth, how can it move such enormous amounts of water? To understand how the Moon affects the tides, you need to know that the Moon's gravity pulls ...

A terrifying apocalyptic simulation shows what might happen to Earth should the Moon ever crash in to our home planet. And it ...

The impact on the oceans if the Moon disappeared would be much smaller tides, about one-third the size of what they are now.

On the barren Chajnantor plateau, ALMA observes the depths of space, yet the rising Moon reminds us of home. Its seemingly ...

So while the threat means real albeit small, the natural question is what does this mean for us back on Earth, given ...

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the ...

from Earth, how can it move such enormous amounts of water? To understand how the Moon affects the tides, you need to know that the Moon's gravity pulls the oceans towards it. Even though the Moon ...

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar System that is the closest to being a double planet. How ...

The ‘city killer’ asteroid (possibly) heading our way might spare us and slam into the Moon instead, scientists said. The ...

shrouding its Earth-facing side in darkness. How does the Full Moon influence tides? The Moon’s gravitational tug causes Earth’s waters to bulge, birthing tides. During both Full and New Moons ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...