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Hubble Sees Sparkling Ancient Star Cluster in Milky Way’s Hearth

January 6, 2023 by Ignat

A gleaming new Hubble Space Telescope image captures the glow of thousands upon thousands of stars in an ancient globular cluster near the Milky Way’s heart. A globular cluster is a massive collection of stars that are attracted in close … Read More

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There’s Something Strange About How These Stars Are Moving, Scientists Say

November 3, 2022 by Ignat

These star clusters are seemingly defying the laws of physics. Astronomers are puzzled by the strange behavior of certain crooked star clusters, which appear to defy gravity’s conventional understanding. Massive star clusters are typically bound together in spirals at the … Read More