Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Open clusters (OCs) are groups of stars formed from the same giant molecular cloud and loosely gravitationally bound to each other.

Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open clusters closely associated both in position and kinematics. They provide ...

As winter's brilliant stars slip toward the western horizon and the constellations of spring climb higher, Northern ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have investigated three open clusters in the galactic disk, namely Berkeley 17, 18 and 39. Results of the new study, published January 21 on the arXiv pre-print ...

Using the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers have observed a nearby young open cluster known as NGC 1647. Results of the new observations, presented in a ...

Open clusters are gravitationally bound assemblies of stars that share a common origin and move together through the Galactic disc. Their internal dynamics are governed by the interplay of stellar ...

M44 is famously known as the Beehive Cluster in Cancer, but the Crab has a second stellar offering that is often overlooked: M67. Located southeast of M44, this 6th-magnitude group of stars is a ...