A new study reveals that the Pleiades is the core of a once-much-larger cluster, many of whose members have scattered to the ...

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 ...

During the overnight hours of Feb. 5-6, the moon will pass through the famous Pleiades star cluster while one day past its half-lit first quarter phase. This will actually be the third time in the ...

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 ...

Astronomers have recently made a groundbreaking revelation about the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. This iconic celestial feature, visible from Earth, is now understood to be ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Venus will appear as a bright morning star close to the 'Seven Sisters' of the Pleiades open ...

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, ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out during the early evening hours of March 5. That evening, the Moon will pass quite close to the Pleiades star cluster.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — High above the horizon on crisp autumn nights, a shimmering cluster of blue-hued stars begins to appear. Known as the Pleiades, or the seven sisters, these stars have been ...

Most of us see 5 or 6 stars in the Pleiades, a.k.a. the Seven Sisters, star cluster. But there are a whole lot more. The brightest are shaped like a miniature version of the Big Dipper. Atlas and ...

Venus, with a magnitude of -4.1, is currently visible below the Pleiades star cluster (M45) in the pre-dawn eastern sky. Venus is approaching Aldebaran (magnitude 0.9), a star in the Hyades cluster, ...

A stellar two-fer: See two star clusters in the morning sky and bring a pair of binoculars. Last month I wrote about the constellation Orion. Using the three stars in the belt of Orion, follow the ...