Thursday, July 18, 2013

Newscenter Update: Hubble Shows Link Between Stars' Ages and Their Orbits in Dense Cluster

July 18, 2013
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
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Hubble Shows Link Between Stars' Ages and Their Orbits in Dense Cluster

Billions of years ago in our Milky Way galaxy, long before the Earth was born, swarms of stars formed in giant clusters. Each grouping of stars, called a globular cluster, was held together by the mutual gravity of its stars. These globular star clusters became the homesteaders of our Milky Way.

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