The Westerlund 1 star cluster: Hubble unveils detailed structure
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a supermassive galactic open cluster designated Westerlund ...
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Astrophotography in February 2025: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month
Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in February 2025: If you've been outside just after sunset in the ...
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New Webb Telescope Discovery: ‘Superstars’ Created The Weird Globular Clusters In Our Galaxy
It’s almost globular cluster season. One of the mysteries of our galaxy and every other, these dense groupings of up to a million stars—the most massive and oldest star clusters in the ...
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Young stars in the Milky Way's back yard challenge our understanding of how they form
JWST observations have now provided unambiguous proof that the N79 region is host to a second super star cluster in the LMC, aged a mere 100,000 years old. This discovery now allows astronomers to ...