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 ...

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 from ...

On a brisk, dark evening, the Pleiades twinkle like a small handful of stars scattered across the sky. To the human eye, this bright cluster—often referred to as the Seven Sisters—appears small and ...

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 ...

Visible to the unaided eye as a tiny congregation of stars due west of Taurus’ V-shaped head, the Pleiades (M45), also known as the Seven Sisters, is one of the sky’s premier open star clusters. Under ...

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 ...

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M45, the Pleiades star cluster, displaying its spectacular nebulosity (Photo by: Alan Dyer /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) If you have ever looked at the night sky from the northern ...