When teachers explain ocean tides, they frequently describe how the moon's gravity pulls on Earth and all of its water. This, they often say, leads to a gravitational imbalance, which stretches the ...

A number of Kepler planet pairs lie just wide of first-order mean motion resonances (MMRs). Tides have been frequently proposed to explain these pileups, but it is still an ongoing discussion. We ...

There's a question on this forum about Red Tide in FL. As a follow-up to that, I ask: What is Red Tide? What causes it? What are its effects, besides dead fish?

An illustration of the moon causing Earth’s ocean tides. When teachers explain ocean tides, they frequently describe how the moon’s gravity pulls on Earth and all of its water. This, they often say, ...

(An illustration of the moon causing Earth's ocean tides.Shutterstock) When teachers explain ocean tides, they frequently describe how the moon's gravity pulls on Earth and all of its water. This, ...