Did you know that the entire Earth is being ripped out from under us? Or that the Earth’s tides are like a massive, cosmic game of juggling? Find out more after the jump! The way tides work isn’t ...

Tides are one of the most familiar yet least understood natural phenomena. While many people know that the sea rises and falls each day, the complex forces behind these movements are often overlooked.

Time and tide, as the ancient saying goes, wait for no one. But what is a tide? The word “tide” is a bit confusing; most people think of it as the ebb and flow of the ocean at the beach, caused by the ...

The moon exerts a previously unknown tidal force on the "plasma ocean" surrounding Earth's upper atmosphere, creating fluctuations that are similar to the tides in the oceans, a new study suggests. In ...