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

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

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.

National Geographic has always been at the forefront ... which has surveyed the entire surface. The moon is peppered with probes and landers, the legacy of human efforts to explore it.

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... On the Earth-facing side of the moon 48 years later, undisturbed by wind or water, development or war, Tranquility ...

50 years after Apollo 11, a new moon race is on 50 years after Apollo ... Niger is a nation on the edge With his Pristine Seas project, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Read more about past—and future—travels to the moon in our July cover story “50 years after Apollo 11, a ...

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Whether helping astronauts enter Earth orbit, walk on the moon, pilot a space shuttle, or travel to Mars, space ...