globular cluster
noun
: any of various approximately spherical clusters of gravitationally associated stars that typically populate galactic halos
called also globular
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The planet lies in a globular cluster, Messier 4, over 6,000 light-years from Earth.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Studying globular clusters in space can be a little like studying fossils on Earth: Where fossils give insights into the characteristics of ancient plants and animals, globular clusters illuminate the characteristics of ancient stars.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
In fact, astronomers are particularly curious about its approximately 2,000 globular clusters, filled with hundreds of thousands of old stars with often similar ages but varying masses and characteristics.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
But the galaxy is full of 2,000 globular clusters, or groups of hundreds of thousands of old stars gravitationally held together, providing the perfect place for astronomers to conduct comparison studies of stars that are the same age but differ in mass and other aspects.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Studying globular clusters in space can be a little like studying fossils on Earth: Where fossils give insights into the characteristics of ancient plants and animals, globular clusters illuminate the characteristics of ancient stars.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
In fact, astronomers are particularly curious about its approximately 2,000 globular clusters, filled with hundreds of thousands of old stars with often similar ages but varying masses and characteristics.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
But the galaxy is full of 2,000 globular clusters, or groups of hundreds of thousands of old stars gravitationally held together, providing the perfect place for astronomers to conduct comparison studies of stars that are the same age but differ in mass and other aspects.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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