Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. The big picture of the moon’s origin is fairly well established.

Do you love Jupiter? Do you love it so much that you could look at it every day? I hope so. Because it just took the Moon’s place, and Earth will never be the same again. Why would Earth no longer be ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A 12%-lit waxing crescent moon will occult Venus during ...