7 most amazing space images shared by NASA Hubble Telescope
NGC 2566: The galaxy filling the frame in this James Webb Space Telescope image is NGC 2566, a spiral galaxy in the ...
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Globular Clusters in Hercules
The constellation Hercules contains two of the finest globular star clusters visible in the Northern Hemisphere: M13 (below) and M92 (not shown -- yet!). Each contains several hundred thousand stars, ...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Globular Clusters
Globular clusters are spherical and extremely compact stellar agglomerates that are usually home to one to two million stars. This groundbreaking study is the first to conduct a 3D kinematic ...
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Globular cluster NGC 2808, elliptical galaxy NGC 2986, and the Sextans Dwarf
This week’s small-telescope target is globular cluster NGC 2808 in the southern constellation Carina the Keel. It shines at magnitude 6.2 and has a diameter of 13.8′. That means it covers 20 ...
7 stunning images of start clusters by NASA
To mark its 25th year in orbit, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope released an image of the star cluster Westerlund 2. They contain fibre and natural antibacterial properties that aid digestion, ...
Webb Reveals Milky Way’s Ancient Twin Sparkling From the Cosmic Dawn
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, a young cosmic entity that may resemble the Milky ...
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Say hello to the brilliant, crowded starscape in NASA's new Hubble share
This latest Hubble image share highlights the globular cluster that's gone by many (and, as NASA notes, fairly boring) names since its existence was first recorded in 1826. The actual sight of NGC ...