Look up at the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere from October to March, and (weather-permitting) you can catch a glimpse of Pleiades , also known as the Seven Sisters. As well as being an excellent example of an asterism (see also: the " Summer Triangle "), this cluster of stars serves as the inspiration for what could be the oldest story in the world. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The star cluster is in the constellation of Taurus, and is made up of over 1,000 stars, but the brightest of them all are hot blue luminous stars that formed around 100 million years ago.

These stars, like so many others, have myths attached to them by ancient cultures around the world. An intriguing aspect to this is how similar

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