A Rare blue moon and micromoon rises this weekend, giving skywatchers worldwide a chance to catch the year’s second full moon ...
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman captured a rare side-by-side view of the moon, left, and a crescent Earth in a single frame on April 6, 2026. Credit: NASA / Reid Wiseman In this side-by-side ...
NASA unveiled the first-ever photo of Earth from the far side of the moon after a flyby Tuesday, taken by the Artemis II astronauts that President Donald Trump hailed in a phone call as "modern-day ...
NASA has confirmed that Earth has gained a temporary cosmic companion in the form of asteroid 2025 PN7, which will orbit our planet for the next 58 years. This quasi-moon, also known as a temporary ...
May 2026 will feature a rare micromoon and a blue moon. Learn what these celestial events are and when to see them.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The moon-bound crew of NASA’s Orion spacecraft — named ...
Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around Earth. Unlike the Earth's moon, quasi-moons are not gravitationally bound ...