Space

The October full moon rises tonight! Here’s everything you need to know about the “Hunter’s Moon,” including where to see it, how it got its name and other tricks of the light and mind that could conspire to create a truly spectacular lunar light show. October’s moon reaches 100% illumination at 12:12 a.m. EDT (0412 GMT) on Oct. 26, as the lunar disk shines opposite…

The spooky season is officially here! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of five Halloween-themed skywatching targets that you can enjoy with nothing but the naked eye or binoculars and, of course, clear skies. Over millennia, the night sky has helped shape human beliefs. In return, we have imprinted our myths, stories and perceptions upon it, seeing monsters and mythology in the…

David Zamora is the chairman of the Space Data Association. He contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The commercialization of space is well underway, and as a result, Earth’s orbit is becoming ever more congested. The current number of active satellites in orbit stands at around 16,000, according to the European Space Agency( ESA), and this number is…

TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS — NASA’s Artemis II astronauts were just minutes away from a critical engine burn that would send them toward the moon when an unexpected cabin leak warning threatened to change the course of their historic mission. “If it had happened five minutes later, we may not have been able to have that burn,” Artemis II pilot Victor Glover revealed during an…