The Moon is usually a picture of stillness, its grey face changing only with the phases of light. Yet for a fraction of a second, astronomers watched that calm surface erupt in a sharp, brilliant ...

A couple sits on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River as the full moon rises in the distance Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. Monday night's full moon, also known as a Harvest Moon, will ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers after something special for Christmas night are ...