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globular

[glob-yuh-ler] / ˈglɒb jə lər /


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Most of the stars in a globular cluster are born from the same collapsing cloud of gas, so they tend to be roughly the same age.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The cluster contains two distinct populations of stars, raising the possibility that it formed when two globular clusters merged into one.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 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

NGC 6426 is estimated to be around 13 billion years old, making it one of the oldest globular clusters in the Milky Way.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

It seemed to him very likely that the globular clusters used in this investigation, nearly a hundred of them, would be orbiting about, paying homage to, the massive center of the Milky Way.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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