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 ...

New research from samples provided by a Chinese spacecraft has confirmed that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago. The revelation is based on analysis of lunar soil ...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL (University College London) and Peking ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --A new study published Tuesday suggested that the moon's far side of the moon may be colder than the near side. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, found that rock ...

It took less than a week for NASA Administrator Bill Nelson's gaffe to make it to social media. Over an hour into a budget hearing for the U.S. space agency, a congressman asked Nelson why China is ...

Chang'e 6's samples from the lunar far side contain a record of ancient volcanism, magnetism and a mantle depleted in important elements and water. The origin of the strange differences between the ...

An image of the far side of the Moon obtained by the Galileo Solid State imaging system provides a vantage point of the far side of the Moon that can’t be viewed from Earth. Image: NASA/JPL In the ...

A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar surface. But the real treat was the footage beamed back to mission control ...

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near ...

What is today’s moon phase? As of Tuesday, Dec. 2, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. This means 91% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation. It ...