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 ...

This Jan. 21, 2019 photo provided by Rena Olson shows an arial photo of a farmhouse surrounded by floodwaters from an extreme high tide along the Coquille River in southwest Oregon taken as part of ...

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 ...

Seasonal king tides are forecast to bring coastal flooding to the Bay Area from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. The National Weather ...

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 ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Higher-than-normal tidal flooding due to an offshore storm is continuing to cause impacts around the Tidewater region. There’s a coastal flood warning through Monday evening ...