On Sunday, February 1, a full moon known as the “Snow Moon” will rise alongside one of the most beautiful, glittering star ...

The Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Hyades open clusters could represent the different phases of star clusters: baby, ...

A new 527-megapixel image captures two open star clusters, NGC 456 and NGC 460, orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. The image uses two different telescopes, the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb ...

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Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A trio of massive, young star clusters found embedded in a star cloud may shed light on the formation of super-star clusters and globular clusters. The discovery, made with images ...

How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic ...

"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been observed in the past." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

the constellation Orion with the Orion Nebula Cluster as the central “star” in the sword of Orion, the Pleiades and the Hyades. All three open clusters are highlighted by large yellow circles. Orion ...

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Orion Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades open clusters highlighted by large yellow circles. | Credit ...