Orion, Pleiades, and Hyades may be stages of one star system’s life, revealing how star clusters form and change.

The waning crescent Moon would be passing in front of the Pleiades open star cluster on July 20, 2025, for sky watchers to ...

The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one and the ...

November 12–19, 2015: The Pleiades star cluster (M45) in Taurus is an excellent target for naked-eye and binocular observers, open cluster M34 in Perseus offers small-telescope owners nice views ...

People who like to gawp at celestial events (as we all should) are in for a real treat at the moment. As well as the best meteor shower of the year – courtesy of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle – there is the ...

The Pleiades star cluster (M45) is one of the great gems of the winter sky. One of the closest open star clusters to us, it lies just 440 light-years away in Taurus.

The Pleiades star cluster (M45) is a group of 800 stars formed about 100 million years ago. The cluster is located 410 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus. Astrophotographer ...

Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

The famous Seven Sisters are high up in the eastern sky now. Also known as M45 and the Pleiades, this is a beautiful star cluster. It is 440 light years away from us, but it is big enough and ...

The Pleiades star cluster, named M45, was first cataloged by French astronomer Charles Messier. Galileo was the first one to spot it through a telescope.

The Pleiades star cluster (M45) is a group of 800 stars formed about 100 million years ago. The cluster is located 410 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus.