Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The dark side of the moon is real — but it’s probably not ...

The far side of the Moon is much drier than expected. Getting a better idea of how much water is on the Moon is important not just for future astronauts, but also to understand how it formed. There ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft is set to land on the Moon's Mare Crisium on March 2, 2025. After entering lunar orbit and sending back images of the Moon's far side, the spacecraft ...

There is a signal, born in the earliest days of the cosmos. It’s weak. It’s faint. It can barely register on even the most sensitive of instruments. But it contains a wealth of information about the ...