What can a moon’s tidal friction teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers at the University of ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and Earth's internal cooling, causing contraction and ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are studying Saturn's moon Titan to assess its tidal dissipation rate, the energy lost as it orbits the ringed planet with its massive gravitational ...

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 ...

Tidal heating could power Saturn’s moon Enceladus for tens of millions to billions of years if its core is porous and unconsolidated, a new model suggests. The conclusion is based on 3D simulations of ...

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ADVERTING to the correspondence in NATURE (vol. xxxiv. p. 286), I think that Mr. Darwin has not, FO far, fully realised the results that would follow from the circumstance that the Martian satellite's ...

AT the Editor's request I contribute a few remarks Mr. Brooks's letter. The suggestion that tidal friction might be a cause of changes in the distribution of land and water is not new. It will be ...