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globular

[glob-yuh-ler] / ˈglɒb jə lər /


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The researchers tested different combinations of globular cluster characteristics and possible dark matter distributions to determine which scenarios could reproduce the stream's observed appearance.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

This image is part of a Hubble Treasury program that is surveying approximately half of the Milky Way's known globular clusters.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

More than 240 of these stars have been identified in M3, more than in any other known globular cluster in our galaxy.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

"He had a lot of edema, his face was very swollen, there was edema on his limbs, and a globular abdomen, like a balloon."

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

But there is a continuous gradation from triple systems through loose clusters of a few dozen stars to the great globular clusters, resplendent with a million suns.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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