The moon will sweep close to the Pleiades open star cluster in the early morning hours of Aug. 16-17, with the ice giant ...

The Last Quarter Moon floats in the predawn sky, preparing to occult the Pleiades from some parts of the world.

Stargazers are in for a treat this week as the moon aligns with one of the most beautiful star clusters in the sky. According ...

The moon's crescent limb will cloak and uncover stars from the iconic cluster before sunrise.

The waning Moon passes Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury before dawn, while Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the sky this week.

In the early morning hours of August 16-17, 2025, the moon will sweep close to the Pleiades open star cluster. This celestial event also features Uranus lurking unseen nearby.

Also called M45, the Pleiades are an open cluster of stars that are a mere 100 million years old—practically newborns, cosmically-speaking. What’s really special about the Pleiades is that ...

The Pleiades star cluster is also called the Seven Sisters. It may have gotten that name from the oldest story ever told. (Image credit: LazyPixel/Brunner Sébastien via Getty Images) ...

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 ...

On the evening of January 9th, an 82%waxing gibbous moon temporarily hid the Pleiades for parts of the U.S., Canada and Central America and then during the overnight hours of February 5-6, a 61% ...