That evening, the Moon will pass quite close to the Pleiades star cluster. Also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, this group of stars is easy to see with your naked eyes. Still ...
Hubble's work opened the door to the study of ... in Messier's catalog—while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45. A third category—nebulae with spiral structure ...
Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has beamed breathtaking views of space back to Earth. Now, NASA is inviting the public to honor the telescope’s 35th anniversary with an on-the-ground ...