Back to Article List Explore little-known winter treats in the constellation Taurus Browsing the Bull's cool star clusters is a perfect activity for cold winter nights.

Taurus, the "bull," stampedes through the northern winter sky as one of the most prominent and visible of the constellations. [See our reference page about the constellation of Taurus.] ...

The constellation of Taurus is a wonderful area to observe, even with naked eyes. In mid-December, Taurus rises at 4 p.m. local time and climbs high into the southern sky around midnight, before ...

Constellation observing — Downloadable articles that highlight all 88 constellations in the sky and explain how to observe each constellation’s deep-sky targets.

It’s about 5° across (10 times wider than the full Moon) and shows the lower part of Taurus, the bull. This constellation has an almost iconic V shape, seen as the horns of the bull.

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit.

The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, is a cluster of stars in the Taurus constellation. The Seven Sisters were once women who danced together under the night sky, but Orion desired them ...