Viewing with the aid of 10x50 binoculars will bring the light cast by a stellar cluster into sharper focus, or even allow you ...

Star clusters are stellar groups held together by gravity, which are born together in cosmic nurseries. Open clusters, such as the Hyades and Pleiades, are youngish and look like loose groups ...

The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17. The moon will sweep close to the ...

In August, astronomers can observe three prominent star clusters: Hercules, Pleiades, and Hyades. These clusters, comprising ...

The glorious August sky continues to deliver beauty. Not only has this week seen the peak of the Perseids meteor shower, two planetary conjunctions, and a planetary alignment, but if you wake up early ...

The Last Quarter Moon floats in the predawn sky, preparing to occult the Pleiades from some parts of the world.

Star clusters are groups of stars that formed together and remain bound by their mutual gravity. They mainly come in two ...

On the evening of January 9th, an 82%waxing gibbous moon temporarily hid the Pleiades for parts of the U.S., Canada and Central America and then during the overnight hours of February 5-6, a 61% ...

The Pleiades-a nearby cluster easily visible in the western sky on a winter evening-is the site of an extraordinary three-way celestial collision, says astrophysicist Richard White, formerly of Smith ...