The Seven Sisters Eclipse occurs when the moon in its waning crescent phase moves across the Pleiades and blocks the stars from view. The event is not rare and has taken place every month since ...

On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star cluster.

The moon has a date with the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters, in the early hours on Wednesday (Aug. 8). Both the moon and the Pleiades will be in the constellation of Taurus ...

A cluster of stars 440 light-years distant that’s also called the “Seven Sisters,” the Pleiades (pronounced either “player-deez” or “plee-er-deez”) is one of the most entrancing ...

The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Clouds of dust sweep around the stars, swaddling them ...

For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. They were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before ...

As the temperatures drop and nights lengthen, we're now able to see the beautiful Pleiades star cluster rising in the east in the early evening. It lies at the shoulder of the constellation Taurus ...

The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) Easily visible to the naked eye in the constellation Taurus, the Pleiades is a cluster of about 3000 stars in all.

The Pleiades star cluster (M45) is one of the great gems of the winter sky. One of the closest open star clusters to us, it lies just 440 light-years away in Taurus. It is also an asterism: In a ...

D uring the overnight hours of Feb. 5-6, the moon will pass through the famous Pleiades star cluster while one day past its half-lit first quarter phase. This will actually be the third time in ...