Viewing with the aid of 10x50 binoculars will bring the light cast by a stellar cluster into sharper focus, or even allow you ...

Warm summer nights in August offer a front-row seat to some of the most mesmerizing star clusters in the sky. According ...

"It appears that there is a preferred physical environment in which stars form when they evolve within these clouds." ...

Star clusters are stellar groups held together by gravity, which are born together in cosmic nurseries. Open clusters, such as the Hyades and Pleiades, are youngish and look like loose groups ...

Discover 8 photos from NASA showing spiral galaxies and bright star clusters, captured with amazing detail in deep space., ...

August 2025 presents a celestial spectacle, inviting stargazers to explore the night sky. This month offers optimal viewing ...

In August, astronomers can observe three prominent star clusters: Hercules, Pleiades, and Hyades. These clusters, comprising ...

Star clusters are groups of stars that formed together and remain bound by their mutual gravity. They mainly come in two ...

Ursa Major III/Unions 1 (UMa3/U1), the faintest known satellite of our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more ...

Ursa Major III was thought to be the faintest known satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. However, simulations by the research ...

Ursa Major III, the faintest object in our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more than 30,000 light years. Until ...

New JWST observations of the Phoenix Cluster of galaxies support a theory about star formation that other clusters challenge.