Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A full Blue Moon is coming this weekend — and despite the ...

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of ...

The Moon passes 0.08° south of Regulus at 3 A.M. EDT. A few hours later, First Quarter Moon occurs at 7:11 A.M. EDT. First Quarter Moon offers some great targets for lunar observers. Plus, the great ...

The Planck SSD was created specifically for iPhone, and is so small and well-designed that it plugs into the handset’s USB-C port and practically disappears. But there’s still room for up to 2 ...

Debris from the formation of Schrödinger basin carved two radial crater-laden valleys. Credit: NASA/SVS/Ernie T. Wright About 3.81 billion years ago, a giant impactor rocked the Moon’s south pole. It ...

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, it’s difficult to grasp just how dramatic the topography of its surface really is. But for David Kring, the reality of that terrain isn’t too hard to imagine.

A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. Here on Earth, canyons are typically formed by long-term erosion from rivers or tectonic activity. But on the moon, where there’s no atmosphere, ...

Artistic rendering of astronauts standing on the edge of the Vallis Schrödinger canyon. It extends out from the Schrödinger impact basin. Credit: Lunar and Planetary Institute/Michael Carroll. Our ...

In a significant discovery, a team of scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), an institute of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), found that two immense canyons hidden ...

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(CNN) — About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to new research. The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size ...