This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, ...

Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open clusters closely associated both in position and kinematics. They provide ...

Just about everybody knows the Pleiades star cluster, also called the Seven Sisters. They represent the daughters of the ancient Greek gods Atlas and Pleione. After Orion's Belt and the Big Dipper, it ...

Simulation of a neutron-star merger: The consortium investigates the properties of extremely dense matter under such conditions. The image may only be used with appropriate caption and credit.

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found thousands of hidden stars linked to the Pleiades, forming a colossal stellar ...

Astronomers have discovered that the iconic Pleiades constellation has thousands more “sibling” stars hidden across the sky, making it 20 times larger than currently estimated. Tracing the origins of ...

A new study redefines the Pleiades (M45) as a "Greater Pleiades Complex," an extensive stellar family comprising 3,091 member stars and spanning over 1,900 light-years, making it 20 times larger than ...

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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 ...