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star cluster

NOUN
galaxy
Synonyms
WEAK
Milky Way elliptical galaxy irregular galaxy island universe spiral galaxy star system

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Because of this distinctive shape, the cluster has become widely known as the Christmas Tree star cluster.

From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025

Mars will buzz the Beehive star cluster on Dec. 5.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

In more evolved galaxies with lots of supernova explosions, those explosions heat gas in a star cluster to very high temperatures -- to millions of degrees Kelvin, Oey said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

Embedded in the nebula's glowing gas, the star cluster Collinder 249 is visible.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

A star cluster must, of course, give a similar spectrum, resulting from the superposition of the spectra of the single stars in the cluster.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir