Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of about 1,000 stars known as the beehive cluster is swarming a sky near you. Stargazers who look up in January may be ...

Although the Moon is growing brighter, there’s still plenty to see in the evening sky. Astronomy contributor Phil Harrington calls the shape formed by the bright stars Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have investigated three open clusters in the galactic disk, namely Berkeley 17, 18 and 39. Results of the new study, published January 21 on the arXiv pre-print ...

Formally known as Messier 44, the cluster is one of the closest of its kind to Earth. It will be visible throughout January, with the best viewing times after sunset and before midnight. While visible ...