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Star Clusters

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

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

Researchers pinpoint the hidden structure using stellar rotation clocks plus precise motions and chemistry.

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