Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

It even shapes stars and whole galaxies! Gravity is what holds the moon in orbit around Earth. But gravity has a critical characteristic: it gets weaker with distance.

"Shooting stars" and a Moon-Venus conjunction are the chief sky sight this week, but dark skies also make it a fabulous week to go stargazing.

Of all the naturally-occurring objects in the Universe, pulsars can spin the fastest. So what does that mean for their shape?

One of the closest and brightest globular clusters visible from Earth, M22 contains hundreds of thousands of stars packed ...

It’s full-moon time again this weekend, and like all full moons, this month’s moon has many names. Probably the best-known name, the Worm Moon, comes from southern Native American tribes.

June 6: The star Spica and the bright moon form a nice conjunction. June 7: It’s the daytime peak of the Arietid meteor shower. You can try to see them visually, but they are very difficult to see.

Star naming services have been joined by those offering the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies for sale by the acre. What to know before you buy.