Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers, but what about the May Flower Moon? May's full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will soon light up the night sky. The Flower Moon will peak on ...

The Flower Moon will light up the night sky on the first day of May, which marks the midpoint between summer and spring. May's full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will peak on Friday, May 1. The ...

JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: JAXA Trump Keeps Lying He Gave Americans A Big Tax Cut When Most Got One ...

You can probably conjure this vision of the moon—hold the image in your mind and transmit it off this planet and onto our shining opalescent companion. Peaks in the sun? I’ve seen that. This week, we ...

The data pipeline from NASA’s Artemis II mission opened to full blast a few hours after looping behind the far side of the Moon on Monday night, when the Orion spacecraft established a laser ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission, carrying four astronauts on an out-of-this-world journey, flew around the Moon on Monday. The crew members took turns describing the stunning landscape below and captured ...

On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, swung around the far side of the moon, traveling farther from the Earth than any humans had ever gone before, and taking ...

Scientists prefer to call the backside of the moon its “far” side. By Andrea Kannapell “The dark side of the moon”: The term has a poetic ring. It has long been mined in popular culture, not least by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

After weeks of delays, NASA is finally launched a historic flight Wednesday to send a crew of four astronauts on a trailblazing nine-day trip around the moon and back. The Artemis II mission — with ...

China plans to land humans on the moon by 2030. See animations of the crew on the moon with a lander and rover. Credit: China Central Television Heavy snow warning as 12 inches to hit 3 states: ...