I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The Pleiades is a relatively young group of stars, located about 450 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. It contains around 1,000 stars, although only about six or seven are visible to ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

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Subaru is based on a real constellation. Subaru is the Japanese word for "unite," which is the most direct explanation for the name. A six-star cluster in Pleiades, a constellation in Taurus ...

The Pleiades, made up of more than 1,000 stars, are located in the constellation of Taurus the Bull, around 440 light years away from Earth, according to the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Both will be visible in the same region as the constellation Taurus, around 30º from the horizon. On April 1, the moon will hover above the Pleiades, also known as the “Seven Sisters” in ...