The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made the first direct observation of star clusters colliding and merging at the hearts of dwarf galaxies. The discovery could help scientists settle ...

An international team of astronomers reported evidence for the formation of mysterious “super star clusters” Jan. 9 at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C. These ...

Astronomers are drawing attention to a Christmas Tree-shaped cluster of stars glowing inside one of the Milky Way’s most ...

Here are seven of the most beautiful star cluster and star-forming region images captured by NASA Hubble Space Telescope, ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this December with the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC 2264), a stunning formation of young stars ...

In the constellation Taurus, there is a cluster of a few hundred stars known as the Hyades. The cluster is just 150 light-years away, and it could be harboring a stellar-mass black hole. The idea of ...

A trio of massive, young star clusters found embedded in a star cloud may shed light on the formation of super-star clusters and globular clusters. The discovery, made with images taken with the ...

The Cosmic Gems arc as observed by the JWST. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Bradley (STScI), A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the Cosmic Spring collaboration. The history of how stars and ...

The Coma Star Cluster (Melotte 111) is a group of about 40 stars. It's located near the star Gamma Comae Berenices, but is further away. The cluster is bright enough (magnitude 1.8) that some stars ...

Scientists will tell you that the romantic idea is factually true: We are made of the same stuff as stars. In fact, all chemical elements heavier than helium are made in the stars, and research into ...

How would you like to see about a million stars, all crammed together in a tight ball in our Rochester night sky? Well you can do just that. The Great Hercules star cluster is one of the true ...