On Jan. 9, skywatchers can watch the dark limb of the 82%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon creep across this beloved star cluster, popularly known as the "Seven Sisters." The details vary depending ...
A few young stars shine through dense clouds of gas and dust in the Orion Nebula’s Trapezium embedded cluster, 1,500 light-years from Earth. This glittering group of stars, shining through the ...
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small ... [+] Magellanic Cloud. Did we ...
NASA has drawn comparison between a celestial formation and a holiday wreath, referring to the recently spotted star and dust cloud cluster as a "cosmic wreath." "'Tis the season... to gaze into ...