Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive, dense and compact stellar systems found in all types of galaxies, from dwarfs to massive ...

An unusual cluster of stars is a "living fossil" from the early Milky Way, a team of Italian researchers has said. Terzan 5 is located 19,000 light years away in the constellation of Sagittarius Two ...

Star clusters are collections of thousands to millions of stars bound together by gravity — and many can be observed in the night sky with binoculars or a small telescope. One notable example is ω ...

the constellation Orion with the Orion Nebula Cluster as the central “star” in the sword of Orion, the Pleiades and the Hyades. All three open clusters are highlighted by large yellow circles. Orion ...

A small, bizarre cluster of a million young stars, enshrouded in thick gas and dust in a nearby dwarf galaxy, has been confirmed by Jean Turner, UCLA professor of physics and astronomy, and her ...

Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Single stars are often overlooked in favor of their larger cosmic cousins — but when they join forces, they create truly breathtaking scenes to rival even the most glowing of nebulae or swirling of ...

A new image shows Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...