In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies shine brightly across cosmic time and space. Yet a rare class of galaxies ...

Dark matter doesn’t emit, absorb, or reflect light. It’s invisible but supposedly makes up 85% of the universe’s mass. Because it’s so abundant, astronomers believe it should explain many unsolved ...

Lurking in the southwestern corner of Aquarius the Water-bearer, globular cluster M72 doesn't stand out. At magnitude 9.4, it ...

Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered a compact binary system consisting of two white dwarfs in the center of a nearby globular cluster designated NGC 6397. The finding was ...

Globular clusters are ancient, spherical groups of stars that are often as old as the galaxies they orbit. The stars in a globular cluster orbit the center of mass of the cluster, and the angular ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An international team of astronomers have created the most ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped a pair of "dazzlingly different" images of a brilliant star cluster some 160,000 light years away. Globular cluster NGC 1850, in the constellation Dorado, is ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may be hogging the headlines but that's not stopping Hubble from churning out impressive images. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen SHARE With all of the hullabaloo about the ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has identified thousands of more than 5 billion years old globular clusters in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. One of the results of these discoveries led ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered what astronomers are reporting as the dimmest stars ever seen in any globular star cluster. Globular clusters are spherical concentrations of hundreds of ...

The globular cluster Terzan 2 in the constellation Scorpio is featured in this observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Globular clusters are stable, tightly gravitationally bound ...