A new Hubble image of NGC 1786 reveals stars of multiple ages in the ancient cluster, challenging previous theories and offering new clues about galaxy evolution ...

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

Astronomers led by Simon Portegies Zwart used simulations to reconstruct how three stars were ejected from the star cluster ...

Researchers from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made significant ...

Some of these open clusters are pretty famous, such as the Pleiades cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. This is ...

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 ...

Check out an amazing view of star cluster NGC 602. It "lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud," according to the ...

Stars are large balls of plasma, predominantly hydrogen and helium. The birth, evolution and death of stars are of particular research interest. Other important topics include understanding the ...

Look east before sunrise on Sunday to catch a stunning trio: a crescent moon flanked by bright Venus and the Pleiades star cluster in a rare early-morning panorama.

Look east before sunrise on Saturday to catch bright Venus and the Pleiades star cluster in a beautiful early-morning panorama.

Stellar evolution refers to the life-cycle of a star, typically including the evolutionary phases from protostar until stellar death (as a supernova, black hole, neutron star, white dwarf, etc.).