Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target. Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, ...

The bright morning star Venus, moving quickly through Taurus, hangs in the predawn sky below the Seven Sisters open cluster.

Where to look for the Pleiades. Just besides the crescent Moon, which will be about 36% illuminated. It will be shining high in the southwestern sky right after dark.

The Pleiades is a small cluster of stars within the Taurus constellation. (Image credit: Buyenlarge/Getty Images) Yet cultures around the world have often referred to this constellation with the ...

The Pleiades is about three times wider than that. Imagine the brilliancy of the Pleiades’ principal stars if you were on a planet in the middle of the cluster!

Small, rocky planets that could resemble Earth or Mars may be forming around one of the hundreds of stars in the Pleiades cluster, astronomers reported Wednesday. The star, known as HD 23514, is ...

Ruddy Mars slides just south of the blue-white stars in the Pleiades during late March and early April. All illustrations: Astronomy: Rick Johnson Use SAO 92659 to track the planet’s ...