The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a fact confirmed by decades of laser measurements and detailed in a recent analysis published in The Conversation. While the drift happens at a snail’s pace—just a few centimeters each year—it carries profound implications for the Earth-Moon system,

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. During commissioning, PUNCH’s NFI instrument captured this image of the new Moon as it passed by the Sun in the ...

The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon is rusting. It's turning redder as Earth's atmosphere ...

Whether Artemis ultimately fulfills its promise of sustained lunar exploration, or is reshaped by politics, budgets and competition with China, the program's first crewed flight around the moon will mark a definitive turning point. In 2026, humanity isn't just planning to return to lunar space — it's actually going.

In the Northern Hemisphere, we have entered the dark half of the year, a season that invites and invokes introspection, recalibration, a slower pace and an increased focus on self-care. As we turn our attention inward, we are asked to answer to our moon sign.

July’s full moon is called "the Buck Moon” because in July, velvet antler growth, called antlerogenesis, makes an older buck’s rack often very noticeable and actually at its peak growth rate. This year, the Buck Moon pops up over our southeastern ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Anyone can be a master stargazer. Some think the night sky’s thousands of stars make it a confusing place, but the ...

The recently spotted asteroid 2025 PN7 appears to be the source of the rumor mill about Earth's supposed second moon. Earth has several quasi-moons that get their name due to the fact that they exhibit behavior resembling our actual moon. Earth was also ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial rocks reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...