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

New evidence suggests that a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way called Ursa Major III is actually a star cluster.

Ursa Major III, the faintest object in our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more than 30,000 light years. Until ...

August 2025 presents a celestial spectacle, inviting stargazers to explore the night sky. This month offers optimal viewing ...

Star clusters are stellar groups held together by gravity, which are born together in cosmic nurseries. Open clusters, such as the Hyades and Pleiades, are youngish and look like loose groups ...

Discover 8 photos from NASA showing spiral galaxies and bright star clusters, captured with amazing detail in deep space., ...

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

Warm summer nights in August offer a front-row seat to some of the most mesmerizing star clusters in the sky. According ...

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

New JWST observations of the Phoenix Cluster of galaxies support a theory about star formation that other clusters challenge.

Ursa Major III, once considered a dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy, may actually be a dense star cluster. New research suggests its gravity is maintained by a core of black holes and neutron stars, ...

Gaia's all-sky view of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighbouring galaxies, based on measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars.