Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of about 1,000 stars known as the beehive cluster is swarming a sky near you. Stargazers who look up in January may be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good news, skywatchers in Oregon: A group of about 1,000 stars known as the beehive cluster is swarming a sky near you. Spectators ...

The Beehive Cluster is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open clusters to the Solar System, and it contains a larger star population than most other nearby clusters ...

Mercury is quickly closing in on the Beehive Cluster in the evening sky. The small planet stands less than 3° from the gaggle of young stars this evening. If you’re quick and have a clear western ...

The Moon is now in central Cancer, passing near the outskirts of the Beehive Cluster (M44) tonight. An hour after sunset, this region is some 65° above the southeastern horizon. M44 sits just ...

SOME constellations force you to look at them. Their brightest stars are so clear, even in a night sky full of light pollution, that they draw you in. Others sit there quietly, waiting for you to find ...

A group of about 1,000 stars known as the beehive cluster is swarming a sky near you. Stargazers who look up in January may be treated to a striking sight of numerous stars in space well beyond the ...