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Star Clusters

Globular Clusters Pleiades IC 348 NGC 2264 Omega Centauri Young Stars Open Clusters Hyades NGC 602 Orion Nebula Open Star Clusters Westerlund 1 RCW 38 Globular Star Clusters Globular Cluster NGC 6397 Formation History Young Star Cluster Individual Stars Tidal Tail Star Clusters Formation Young Star Clusters Merging Star Clusters Stephenson 2 Self-Gravitating Clusters Beehive Cluster Christmas Tree Star Cluster Messier Objects IC 347 Specific Origins Supernova Explosions James Webb Space Telescope Cluster of Stars Nearby Star Clusters Omega Centauri Star Cluster Globular Star Cluster IRS 13 M67 R136

Hubble, Euclid and Subaru Reveal Ultra-Faint Galaxy Candidate Dominated by Dark Matter

Stacked images around four tightly grouped globular clusters expose CDG-2’s diffuse starlight, making it the strongest dark‑galaxy candidate reported.

New Images and Holiday Sky Guides Spotlight the Christmas Tree Cluster

Pleiades Recast as Core of a Vast 'Greater Pleiades' Stellar Family

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Predawn Nov. 17 Under Dark, Moonlight-Free Skies

8% Crescent Moon Meets Mars Low in the West Tonight

Black-Hole-Driven Cluster Model Challenges Dark-Matter Interpretation of Ursa Major III

ALMA Reveals 1.4-Light-Year Bubble Around Supergiant DFK 52

Earth’s Aphelion and Mercury’s Greatest Elongation Usher in July’s Night Sky Highlights

June Sky to Stage Antares Occultation, Strawberry Moon and Key Planetary Pairings