Head outside tonight and drink in the sight of the Pleiades open star cluster glistening close to the red star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus, before the mesmerizing naked-eye jewel slips out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Look east on the night of Sept. 12 to see the waning gibbous moon close to the magnificent Pleiades open cluster, with the distant ...

October’s Hunter’s Moon will illuminate the sky on October 25, setting the stage for a striking lunar display and an ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “planet parade” is happening in the pre-dawn sky at the ...

Recent astronomical observations have unveiled a startling revelation about the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. This cluster, once thought to be confined within a relatively ...

Recent research has revealed that three well-known star clusters — the Orion Nebula Cluster, the Pleiades, and the Hyades — are linked in a cosmic family tree. Though these clusters appear distinct ...

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. It is also an asterism: In a dark ...