Tagged: star cluster

The famous Hyades star cluster – face of the Bull in the constellation Taurus – is gradually merging with the background of stars in the Milky Way, according to a new study based on Gaia satellite data. In this image, the Hyades stars are marked...

Though only about dozen potentially habitable exoplanets have been detected so far, scientists say the universe should be teeming with alien worlds that could support plant life. The Milky Way alone may host 60 billion such planets around faint red dwarf stars, a new estimate...