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

To see the event at its best, it’s better to wait for later in the night, when both the Moon and the Pleiades are visible ...

The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, meanwhile, will be visible close to the horizon, but will swiftly become ...

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.

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

Viewing with the aid of 10x50 binoculars will bring the light cast by a stellar cluster into sharper focus, or even allow you ...

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

In August, astronomers can observe three prominent star clusters: Hercules, Pleiades, and Hyades. These clusters, comprising ...

Want to spot up to six planets at once in the night sky? Look up before dawn for the second and last "planet parade" of the ...

Find out how to watch the second planet parade of the year, as six planets and the moon prepare to align in the sky starting ...