The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17. The moon will sweep close to the ...

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 glorious August sky continues to deliver beauty. Not only has this week seen the peak of the Perseids meteor shower, two planetary conjunctions, and a planetary alignment, but if you wake up early ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

What do the Pleiades look like in binoculars? Although careful observing pays off for the Pleiades, the best way to look at these stars is through any pair of binoculars (10x50 work really well ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Arianespace launched a second satellite for the Pléiades Neo imaging constellation Aug. 16 on a Vega rocket. The Pléiades Neo 4 satellite lifted off from French Guiana 9:47 p.m ...

The next Pleiades occultation that will favor North America will come on the morning of Sunday, July 20 and will involve a slender (23% illuminated) waning crescent moon.

TAMPA, Fla. — Pléiades Neo 4, the second of four planned high-resolution image satellites built and operated by Airbus Defense and Space, entered service Dec. 15 free from an issue that ...

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% ...