These compact stellar gatherings orbit around galaxies and typically reside in their outer and less-crowded areas, gathering to form dense communities in the galactic suburbs
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What’s the heaviest star cluster?
We find out who’s the heftiest stellar family of them all
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What is the difference between a globular cluster and an open cluster?
They both contain stars but what’s the difference?
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Astronomers find unusual amount of giant planets in star cluster
There are far more worlds of the hot Jupiter type than expected Messier 67
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Exploding stars showered Earth with radioactive metal, say astronomers
Evidence of a series of massive supernova explosions near our Solar System, which showered our planet with radioactive debris, has been found
Messier 7: Violence in the tranquility
Observed in ancient times, this is one of the more savage clusters in the galaxy
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Spotted! New worlds thriving in deadly star cluster
Data from NASA’s troubled Kepler Space Telescope has revealed more evidence that planets can survive in chaotic and hostile environments thanks to its discovery of two new worlds sneaking across their stars in a star cluster.