ORLANDO, Fla. – Strolling along the beach, you find seashells and seaweed left behind by the receding tides at your feet. When you gaze up at the moon, you’re looking at the primary cause for the ebb ...

In February 2016, an international team of physicists announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves. The waves had been produced by the gigantic collision of a pair of black holes, ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night Deep below the Earth's crust, molten rock rises and falls, ...

New research shows that Jupiter's moons may be keeping each other warm thanks to the effects of gravity. The tidal forces each moon applies to the others are keeping them warmer than they would ...

"The ocean surface is definitely not flat. It is constantly changing as wind, waves and swells produce surface undulations, ...