globular clusters Archives

Globular Clusters Might not be as Old as Astronomers Thought. Like, Billions of Years Younger

5 Jun , 2018 by Matt Williams

According to a new study by a team of astronomers, globular clusters are several billion years younger than previously thought.

A Black Hole is Pushing the Stars Around in this Globular Cluster

19 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

An international team of astronomers recently made the first-ever observation of a black hole in a nearby globular cluster

Messier 12 (M12) – The NGC 6118 Globular Cluster

2 May , 2016 by Tammy Plotner

Messier 12, a globular cluster located some 15,700 light-years from Earth, is one of the brightest objects in the Ophiuchus constellation

NGC 2419: Wayward Globular or the Milky Way’s Own?

9 Jun , 2015 by David Dickinson

Turns out, we may not know our extragalactic neighbors as well as we thought. One of the promises held forth with the purchase of our first GoTo telescope way back in the late 1990s was the ability to quickly and easily hunt down ever fainter deep sky fuzzies. No more juggling star charts and red […]

Virtual Star Party – April 26, 2014- Hangoutathon Special Edition!

29 Apr , 2014 by Fraser Cain

This week’s Virtual Star Party was a special 2-hour Saturday night version recorded as part of the Cosmoquest Hangoutathon. The Star Party at this link starts at 1 hour in – we’ll get an edited version up soon!

Can Stars Collide?

16 Dec , 2013 by Fraser Cain

Imagine a really bad day. Perhaps you’re imagining a day where the Sun crashes into another star, destroying most of the Solar System. No? Well then, even in your imagination things aren’t so bad… It’s all just matter of perspective. Fortunately for us, we live in out the boring suburbs of the Milky Way. Out […]

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Weekly Space Hangout – September 13, 2013: Voyager is Out, LADEE Launches (a Frog), Asteroid 324 Bamberga

13 Sep , 2013 by Fraser Cain Video

Once again, we have gathered together the forces of space journalism to report on the big news stories of the week. And there were lots of big stories indeed, with the launch of NASA’s LADEE mission to the Moon, and the awesome fact that Voyager 1 has totally left the Solar System. Host: Fraser Cain […]

Beautiful Star Cluster Looks Surprisingly Youthful

31 Oct , 2012 by Nancy Atkinson

This view of the globular cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit Past observations of globular star clusters have revealed that they are some of the oldest objects in the Universe, […]

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 17-23, 2012

17 Sep , 2012 by Tammy Plotner

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! This looks like a great week to take in some galactic star clusters and enjoy the Andromeda Galaxy! Some lucky viewers are in for a Mars occultation event and everyone wins with a meteor shower. What’s that, you say? Darn right. This week is also the time of the Autumnal Equinox! When […]

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: August 6-12, 2012

5 Aug , 2012 by Tammy Plotner

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! While you start your observing week out by watching the Mars Curiosity Landing, be sure to step outside and view the Aquarid meteor shower, too! It’s going to be a grand week for globular cluster studies and breezing along the Milky Way. Whenever you’re ready to learn some more history, mystery and […]

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