The new moon marks the beginning of a lunar cycle and although it’s invisible to the naked eye, it plays a central role in both astronomical observation and cultural traditions. The dark skies during ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026. Assuming it arrives in one piece, the ...

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 ...

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A team of astronomers has found what appears to be a previously undiscovered moon orbiting Uranus. If confirmed, this finding would mean the gigantic blue-green ice planet would have 29 moons. The ...

When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is illuminated, but the side the Earth sees is dark. This is called the new moon phase of the lunar ...

A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth, making it appear bigger and ...

The summer Milky Way overhead and through the Summer Triangle stars in July, looking up through trees in Banff National Park at Herbert Lake Deneb is at top left, Vega at top right, and Altair is at ...

Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have spotted a moon nestled near Uranus’s rings that’s so small you could walk around it Scientists have discovered a new, elusive moon around ...

The Moon Holds Way More Water Than Previously Imagined Space experts have discovered something incredible about lunar water distribution that challenges everything we thought we knew. According to a ...