King Tides, formally known as Perigean-Spring Tides, are exceptionally high tides. These usually occur about three times a ...

The leading theory for lunar origin is the giant impact 9,10, which explains the Moon’s large relative size and small iron core. Here we refer to the giant-impact theory in which the Earth–Moon ...

Moon has been our celestial companion for billions of years, silently orchestrating the rhythms of our planet in ways most people never realize. Yet what would happen if we woke up tomorrow and looked ...

Nearly 50 years since man first walked on the moon, the human race is once more pushing forward with attempts to land on the Earth's satellite. This year alone, China has landed a robotic spacecraft ...

Whether through the Moon’s tidal friction, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or tectonic drifts, the Earth’s rotation has been slowing since its formation. Now, a new study from NASA’s JPL and ETH ...

The near and far sides of the Moon exhibit significant hemispheric differences, with the farside possessing fewer large craters compared to the mare on the nearside. A 2-3% mass asymmetry between ...

A full moon is often mesmerizing, lighting up the sky and sometimes appearing so large, it’s as if you can reach out and touch it. In fact, when the moon seems so large and so close, that’s because it ...

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 ...

An almost-full, half-pie, waxing moon hanging lopsided in the night sky has long been a symbol of things to come. Now scientists have a new symbolism for the lunar phase we call first quarter: a ...