Each spring, amateur astronomers attempt the ultimate stargazing challenge—an overnight quest to spot every galaxy, nebula, ...

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In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to explore two gorgeous star clusters in the constellation Gemini the Twins: M35 and NGC 2158. M35 is an easy binocular ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made the first direct observation of star clusters colliding and merging at the hearts of dwarf galaxies. The discovery could help scientists settle ...

An international team of astronomers reported evidence for the formation of mysterious “super star clusters” Jan. 9 at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C. These ...

Constellation of Cancer is not easy to locate but reward is the star cluster M44 at its centre ...

An international team of astronomers led by the University of Vienna has deciphered the formation history of young star clusters, some of which we can see with the naked eye at night. The team, led by ...

Stargazing in March: Behold, the Beehive Cluster - Binoculars or a small telescope will show you why these swarming stars ...

A trio of massive, young star clusters found embedded in a star cloud may shed light on the formation of super-star clusters and globular clusters. The discovery, made with images taken with the ...

In the constellation Taurus, there is a cluster of a few hundred stars known as the Hyades. The cluster is just 150 light-years away, and it could be harboring a stellar-mass black hole. The idea of ...