"It appears that there is a preferred physical environment in which stars form when they evolve within these clouds." ...

One of the most interesting areas to explore with a wide-field scope exists in the rich Milky Way of Cassiopeia. You might ...

The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one and the ...

The Orion Nebula, the Hyades and the Pleiades are visible to the naked eye. The star clusters are obviously examples of different stages of development.

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Orion, Pleiades, and Hyades may be stages of one star system’s life, revealing how star clusters form and change.

Large pairs of planets thought to orbit each other without a star, do not exist after all. That conclude Leiden researchers, ...

A recent study suggests a shared origin for the Orion Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades, challenging previous astronomical theories ...

It's the earliest stage of planet formation ever seen by scientists. The new planetary system is taking shape around HOPS-315 ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this ...