On Friday, Nov. 21, Uranus will lie at opposition — directly opposite the sun — making it visible in a clear night sky. Credit: Creators.com illustration Nearly 2½ centuries ago, in December 1781, ...

Nearly two and a half centuries ago, in December of 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was scanning his telescope through the skies over England when he came upon a tiny ...

You’ve got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with the best open star cluster in the heavens, the Pleiades star cluster, otherwise ...

Astronomers have redefined the size of the famous Pleiades cluster. According to a new study, it is twenty times larger than believed. This discovery reshapes how scientists understand cluster ...

The shimmering Pleiades star cluster has just shed its millennia-old reputation as a collection of Seven Sisters. Thanks to new data gleaned from the TESS and Gaia star-tracking spacecrafts, ...

The Pleiades star cluster or Seven Sisters is part of many Indigenous groups' songlines, as well as being important in cultures around the world. A new study has uncovered more than 3,000 stars that ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that the famous Pleiades star cluster, the "Seven Sisters" often spotted on winter nights, is just the bright tip of a ...

Astronomers identified more than 3,000 stars associated with the cluster, and there might be even more. By Katrina Miller Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright ...

This starmap shows the full extent of the Greater Pleiades Complex as it would appear on the Pasadena night sky if every star in it were visible. Of the 3,019 stars that make up the complex, 1,631 are ...

PARIS—Airbus and the French space agency CNES have agreed to extend the life of the two-satellite Pléiades constellation for another two years. The Earth observation satellites are now due to remain ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Do not miss the last chance this year to witness the Moon cross the glittering Pleiades in a rare celestial alignment visible across North and Central America. Skywatchers across North and Central ...