Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

The sky is never clearer than on a cold, starry midwinter night. It is on such occasions, thanks to winter's exceptional atmospheric transparency, that fainter stars can be seen throughout the sky.

Recent research has revealed that three well-known star clusters — the Orion Nebula Cluster, the Pleiades, and the Hyades — are linked in a cosmic family tree. Though these clusters appear distinct ...