globular clusters
A Cluster of Black Holes Found Inside a Globular Cluster of Stars
Globular clusters can be home to lots of stellar-mass black holes, rather than a single intermediate mass black hole.
7% of the Stars in the Milky Way’s Center Came From a Single Globular Cluster That Got Too Close and Was Broken Up
The heart of the Milky Way can be a mysterious place. A gigantic black hole resides there, and it's surrounded…
A Globular Cluster was Completely Dismantled and Turned Into a Ring Around the Milky Way
An international team of astronomers discovered some surprising when studying a debris ring around our Milky Way: the remnants of…
Hubble Captured a Photo of This Huge Spiral Galaxy, 2.5 Times Bigger than the Milky Way With 10 Times the Stars
This galaxy looks a lot like our own Milky Way galaxy. But while our galaxy is actively forming lots of…
Astronomers Find One of the Sun’s Sibling Stars. Born From the Same Solar Nebula Billions of Years Ago
The AMBRE project, an international consortium of astronomers, was able to find a star that formed with our Sun (and…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 497: Update on Globular Clusters
Is it globular clusters or is it globeular clusters? It doesn't matter, they're awesome and we're here to update you…
Globular Clusters Might not be as Old as Astronomers Thought. Like, Billions of Years Younger
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
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
Messier 12, a globular cluster located some 15,700 light-years from Earth, is one of the brightest objects in the Ophiuchus…
NGC 2419: Wayward Globular or the Milky Way’s Own?
Turns out, we may not know our extragalactic neighbors as well as we thought. One of the promises held forth…