Venus hangs below the Pleiades in the early-morning sky today. The bright planet is quickly closing in on Taurus' brightest star, Aldebaran, which it will pass closely next week. Step outside 90 ...

Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target. Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, ...

The Pleiades will be the last of the three bodies to rise above the horizon at around 3.15 a.m. ET (0715 GMT) on June 22, and will be visible for a little over an hour before it becomes ...

The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) Easily visible to the naked eye in the constellation Taurus, the Pleiades is a cluster of about 3000 stars in all. Most people can pick out the six brightest ...

The CME captured by SOHO was especially notable for passing in front of the Pleiades, a star cluster about 444 light-years from Earth ...

But wait, there's more! The ice giant Uranus is also present in the sky on July 5, positioned almost directly between Venus and the Pleiades. However, its relatively dim magnitude of +5.8 makes it ...