Stargazing in March: Behold, the Beehive Cluster - Binoculars or a small telescope will show you why these swarming stars ...

Good news, skywatchers in Florida: A group of about 1,000 stars known as the beehive cluster is swarming a sky near you. Spectators who look up in January may be treated to a striking sight of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out the evening of May 5 to see Mars close to the Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer the Crab. In fact, because Mars ...

You may recall marveling at the Red Planet Mars when I wrote about it earlier this year. It reached its closest to Earth in mid-January when it lay only 60 million miles from us and shone as a bright ...

It's a new year, and with it, a new set of astronomical events are coming to Nevada skies. From meteor showers to supermoons, there is no shortage of space shows happening in 2026. Among the first ...

An international team of astronomers has performed the first asteroseismic study of the young open cluster NGC 2516, better known as the Southern Beehive. Results of the study, published Nov. 28 on ...

Bees are pretty remarkable creatures. Each has five eyes and six legs, and their two pairs of wings beat more than 11,000 times per minute. One hive can contain as many as 50,000 bees, and in one year ...

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 ...