Cancer the Crab is a dim constellation, yet it contains one of the most beautiful and easy-to-spot star clusters in our sky: ...

Ever look up at the night sky and wonder why a random group of stars, constellations, is named after a crab? You aren’t alone. Since humans first looked up, we have been obsessed with connecting the ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — High above the horizon on crisp autumn nights, a shimmering cluster of blue-hued stars begins to appear. Known as the Pleiades, or the seven sisters, these stars have been ...

One of the most famous of all constellations to grace the wintertime sky — and one which looks little like its namesake — is Taurus, the bull. During early January, you can find it midway up in the ...