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 ...

The Moon appears unchanging in the night sky, but its movement hides a slow transformation. For decades, scientists have observed that our satellite is gradually moving away from Earth, year after ...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the moon as soon as possible, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of the commercial space industry. Over the years, I and others have written extensively about why the ...

Researchers believe that a new epoch may have begun on the Moon back in 1959, when humans first affected the surface. Dubbed ...

Many sky-gazers around the world will get the chance to see a dazzling celestial display this weekend — a total lunar eclipse that could cause the moon to take on a deep reddish hue. The lunar eclipse ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) ...

You might already know that roughly a quarter of the world’s population is expected to head into Ramadan this weekend, the Islamic holy month perhaps best known for its followers’ dawn-to-sunset ...

The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several of them have crashed or toppled over. With all the excitement surrounding the prospect of humans returning to the Moon, both ...

"O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon" — Romeo and Juliet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Okay so recently released ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface. When you ...

The moon has always fascinated the man, who showed his admiration through music, poetry, drawings, until one day, Edward "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong landed there, an achievement ...