Astronomers recently found stars at the centers of old star clusters rotating around a common axis rather in random orbits, as once thought.
Astronomers may have overestimated these objects' age by 4 billion years.
𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟮𝟰 𝗸𝗺...
A new study by an international team of astronomers and cosmologists has used globular clusters to come up with new estimate for the age of the Universe.
We think of globular clusters as being scattered far from the galaxy's central regions, in the great spherical halo of our Milky Way. But astronomers are finding them much closer to the galactic center.
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Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster.
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Located in the "tea pot" of the Sagittarius constellation, some 29,300 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 70
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It may be famous for hosting spectacular sights such as the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy and 47 Tucanae (heic1510), the second brightest globular cluster in the night
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Located about 3,600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis is the open star cluster known as Messier 93.
A global team of astronomers have created the most sensitive radio image ever of a globular cluster, an ancient ball of tightly-packed stars.
In the center of a rich cluster of galaxies located in the direction of the constellation of Coma Berenices, lies a galaxy surrounded by a swarm of star
There are, perhaps, only a few people for whom winter is their favorite season. Some might say they love to ski, or they love the holiday season. Ask an astronomer and they’ll tell you they love the s
