Unlike any other moon, Io is locked in a gravitational tug-of-war between Jupiter and its neighboring moons, stretching and ripping its interior until it erupts nonstop. Volcanoes blast material ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams aboard the International Space Station captured a stunning video of Lunar New Year fireworks ...

The next full moon of 2026 will be a rare celestial phenomena. The worm moon will rise as a dramatic fiery red blood moon amid a total lunar eclipse. The special March full moon is known as the worm ...

Few sights are as universally captivating as a full moon rising into the night sky. For many of us, stepping onto a balcony or looking up from a quiet street to admire it feels almost instinctive.

Apollo 17’s Gene Cernan spoke some of the last words from the surface of the moon on December 14, 1972: “And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The full snow moon — the second of 13 full moons in 2026 — ...