The Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Hyades open clusters could represent the different phases of star clusters: baby, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...
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In a groundbreaking study published in The Astrophysical Journal, scientists have uncovered an unusual star cluster called Ophion that challenges our understanding of how star families evolve. Located ...
New Hubble observations explain how blue straggler stars form, showing that binary systems in low-density clusters play a key role ...
From Orion's glowing nebula to the sparkling Pleiades, these winter targets reward anyone willing to brave the cold.
Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...
In the most extensive ultraviolet study of blue stragglers ever performed, an international research team used NASA's and ESA ...
the constellation Orion with the Orion Nebula Cluster as the central “star” in the sword of Orion, the Pleiades and the Hyades. All three open clusters are highlighted by large yellow circles. Orion ...
A group of about 1,000 stars are coming to Nevada skies this month. See the details on that and the other astronomical events ...