Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...

A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular ...

Using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemical study of a globular ...

Enigmatic globular clusters. Astronomers know that some of the Milky Way's stars were born in the galaxy itself, whereas others were formed in smaller galaxies that the Milky Way eventually engulfed.

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters ...

A globular cluster is a densely packed collection of ancient stars that typically appear spherical in shape. Most of them are estimated to be about 10 billion years old and are home to some of ...

Globular clusters will soon be studied with another tool as well, as one such cluster called Messier 92 is the target of an early science program using the James Webb Space Telescope.

A globular cluster glitters with starlight in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Located 15,000 light-years from Earth, the globular cluster — formally known as Terzan 12 — is ...

Hubble snapped an image of a globular cluster, a community of stars that formed at approximately the same time and place, with similar compositions, whose population can be tens of thousands to ...

But it’s not. M3 is what’s called a globular cluster. Scientists believe it’s 11 to 13 billion years old, and it is home to half a million stars.

The globular star cluster M92, shown here in an image from the Hubble Space Telescope, appears to be about 13.8 billion years old — the same age as the universe. ESA/Hubble, NASA, Gilles Chapdelaine ...