Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target. Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, ...

The bright morning star Venus, moving quickly through Taurus, hangs in the predawn sky below the Seven Sisters open cluster.

The Pleiades are an asterism, or pattern of stars, as well as an open star cluster, made up of more than 1,000 stars. They are located in the constellation Taurus and are about 410 light-years ...

Students from McLennan Community College (MCC) are celebrating a stellar success. A team from MCC placed second overall in ...

Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon shining with Venus alongside the Pleiades star cluster. Stargazers in the U.S. can find the cosmic trio ...

Where to look for the Moon and the Pleiades star cluster on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Stellarium Where to look for the Pleiades. Just besides the crescent Moon, which will be about 36% illuminated.

The Pleiades are part of what astronomers call an open star cluster, a group of stars all born around the same time. Telescopes have identified more than 800 stars in the region, ...

The Pleiades is about three times wider than that. Imagine the brilliancy of the Pleiades’ principal stars if you were on a planet in the middle of the cluster!

Small, rocky planets that could resemble Earth or Mars may be forming around one of the hundreds of stars in the Pleiades cluster, astronomers reported Wednesday. The star, known as HD 23514, is ...

Ruddy Mars slides just south of the blue-white stars in the Pleiades during late March and early April. All illustrations: Astronomy: Rick Johnson Use SAO 92659 to track the planet’s ...