Skywatchers across the world will witness the first total lunar eclipse in three years. Here’s who will have the best ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

The first Black person to clock a long-duration stay on the International Space Station, Glover is now aiming for the dark side of the moon. And he wants us all to keep reaching further.

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Moon jellies, which are found in shallow bays around the world, look like small, not entirely friendly ghosts.