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

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 ...

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

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

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

Feb. 6: The moon hides the Pleiades again — Once again, the moon passes in front of the Pleiades cluster, but this time it happens during the after-midnight hours, low in the west-northwest sky.

This story was updated at 6:09 p.m. ET. An odd thing is going to happen on Sunday (Nov. 21): Just before sunrise, the full moon will appear on the western horizon just beneath the Pleiades, the ...

Read more of his work at astrobob.areavoices.com. The moon points us to three star clusters tonight (March 1): the Pleiades, Hyades and Collinder 69. (Stellarium) ...