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 ...

Orion, Pleiades, and Hyades may be stages of one star system’s life, revealing how star clusters form and change.

The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one and the ...

The image was taken from the Atacama desert in western South America by Yuri Beletsky (Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution for Science) on July 11, 2012.The Pleiades star cluster stands ...

Pleiades star cluster: Surprising variability Date: August 25, 2017 Source: Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Summary: The Seven Sisters, as they were known to the ancient Greeks, are now known to ...

The Pleiades star cluster dazzles brilliantly in this deep-exposure, widefield photo recently sent in to SPACE.com by a veteran astrophotographer. "The exposure was deep enough to draw out the ...

This galaxy cluster has mysterious cosmic tendrils over 200,000 light-years long (image) "Here's this canonical cluster — everyone knows the Pleiades, even the layperson — and we don't even ...

Astronomers, however, count over 1,000 stars in this cluster. Unaided eyes detect only the very brightest of them. Binoculars and especially a small telescope will reveal many others.

The moon will meet up with the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades star cluster, on Friday (Feb. 16), also displaying a rare optical feature on its surface that can be seen with telescopes.

It’s the Pleiades star cluster, easily seen with just your God-given eyes, even in light-polluted heavens. As winter wanes, the Pleiades are waiting for you in the high southwestern, ...

This image of the Pleiades, captured from Dayton, Ohio, shows the names of the cluster’s brightest stars. Note that in this image, north is down and east is to the right. Your view of the ...

Look to the northeastern sky during any clear October evening around 10 p.m. and you will be able to view one of the most amazing cluster of stars: Pleiades.