Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Angled view of the Giordano Bruno, Lunar crater, 2016. The ...

The moon has been Earth's close companion for billions of years, and while our view of its shape and size varies somewhat as it orbits our planet, it remains a constant presence in the sky. But could ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Have you ever looked at the moon, as it was rising above the horizon and thought "WOW! The moon looks HUGE", only to have it appear to shrink as it continued to rise into the ...

The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth. It's primarily composed of rock and minerals, with a small iron core. The Moon's average distance from Earth is roughly 239,000 miles. Lunar phases are ...

Jupiter has 80 known moons, with more still being discovered by astronomers and amateur sky-watchers alike. That’s second only to Saturn’s 83 moons in our Solar System. The below video does a cool ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Total solar eclipses are possible on Earth, and occur whenever the Moon ...

Visualizing the solar system in its totality requires one to conjure a lot of spinning bodies moving in synchrony. But getting a sense of those objects’ scale is just as important for developing a ...

In August, an amateur French astronomer, Adrien Coffinet, messaged an email list dedicated to asteroid and comet research with an announcement. He’d identified a new quasi-moon: “2025 PN7 seems to be ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers may have discovered the smallest and heaviest white dwarf star ever seen, a ...

The moon has been Earth's close companion for billions of years, and while our view of its shape and size varies somewhat as it orbits our planet, it remains a constant presence in the sky. But could ...