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star clusters

M37

Astronomers find the death cry of a star in a cluster long ago and not so very far away

The oldest planetary nebula ever seen is in the star cluster M37.
By Phil Plait 8 months ago
The galaxy NGC 3344

How to create a massive black hole: Let it feed on a very dense star cluster

Supermassive black hole birth and growth may involve eating lots of stars.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Phil Plait Bad Astronomy Art Blackhole Ngc1850 Press

Black hole in Milky Way satellite galaxy found as it tosses around its companion

It has a mass equivalent to 11.1 Suns.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A map of the sky shows the location of Hyades stars (stars in magenta and constellations marked with green lines; note Orion to the left) including the leading tail (to the right) and the lower density trailing tail (left). Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, CC BY-SA

The galaxy eats its own: The head of Taurus is being shredded by the Milky Way

By Phil Plait 2 years ago
The “cluster” M73, a collection of a half-dozen or so stars in the constellation of Aquarius. Credit: ALADIN / DSS

The star cluster that wasn't: How did M73 fool generations of astronomers?

By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Detail of Hubble image of the globular cluster M22. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

How to make a massive star cluster: Start with a lot of gas. A *lot*.

By Phil Plait 3 years ago
Westerlund-1, one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way. ALMA observations (red), superposed on a Hubble image, indicate several of the stars are enshrouded in warm dust. Credit: ESO/D. Fenech et al.; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Westerlund-1: A star cluster full of monsters

By Phil Plait 4 years ago
A close-up of the reddish splotch in the globular cluster NGC 1898. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

The imperfect perfection of the star cluster NGC 1898

By Phil Plait 4 years ago
The cometary globule called the Dark Tower, a dark nebula being blasted by radiation from a nearby star cluster. Credit: Robert Gendler

Radiation driven implosion!

By Phil Plait 4 years ago
The Sun may have been born in an open cluster, a loose collection of stars that has since dissipated, scattering the stars. This image shows NGC 299, an open cluster in a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

The Sun's long-lost sibling found in our own backyard

By Phil Plait 4 years ago
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