In 2026 we will see a total eclipse of the Moon, a blue Moon, a supermoon and the two brightest planets close together in the ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

If all goes according to plan, four astronauts are set to become the first humans to travel past the confines of our planet’s gravity well to the Moon in over half a century. NASA is hoping to launch ...

The last full moon of the year—also known as the "Cold Moon"—on Thursday night fired up the skies across America. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to ...

The last supermoon of the year will shine Thursday night, and all you have to do is look up. The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle, so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around ...

The Moon has always been one of the most recognizable objects in the sky. It changes shape slightly every night — sometimes round and shining, sometimes just a sliver of light. These are moon phases, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

Astronomers can sometimes capture meteors striking the surface of the moon with relatively small telescopes on Earth. Credit: Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Getty Images A space rock slammed into the ...

Ricardo B. Brazziell, a devoted husband, father of three, and seasoned staff photojournalist at the Austin American-Statesman, has spent 23 years capturing the essence of central Texas. A graduate of ...

A Japanese astronomer captured a pair of objects slamming into the lunar surface in recent days. By Robin George Andrews Last week, a handful of watching telescopes captured something crashing into ...