Stargazers in the U.S. can see Venus rising around 3 a.m. local time, with the Pleiades star cluster visible as a smudge of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced a new image of the Bullet Cluster, which is a titanic collision between ...

Look east before sunrise on Saturday to catch bright Venus and the Pleiades star cluster in a beautiful early-morning ...

A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular ...

When it comes to star formation, not all galaxies are the same. Some are quenched, meaning they've depleted their star ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.” ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

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 ...

Buachaille Etive Mòr rises beneath the Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer. With over a thousand stars packed together, it’s one of the brightest clusters visible ...

Getty Images Early risers on Sunday, June 22, are in for a pre-dawn treat — a triangular arrangement of the waning crescent moon flanked by Venus and the Pleiades star cluster.

When Star Clusters Act Like Anchors These wide-orbit planets form while stars are still part of crowded birth clusters, which contain hundreds or even thousands of stars. The Rice team, along with ...