Dust-shrouded Milky Way star cluster may be nearly as old as the universe

Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is about 13.4 ...

Milky Way's disk grew 'upside down,' with younger stars forming in ever-thinner layers

The Milky Way is home to hundreds of billions of stars arranged in a glorious spiral pattern. But beyond the obvious spiral, ...
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Why do the faintest galaxies around the Milky Way all hold about the same amount of iron?

Simulations suggest the faintest galaxies near the Milky Way share one iron level because a single giant first star exploded in each.
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A new Hubble image of the M30 cluster hints the Milky Way captured some of its oldest star clusters

Hubble has released a new image of Messier 30, known as M30, a globular cluster about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. NASA published the picture on Nov. 5 alongside a note ...
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A star cluster near the Milky Way’s core is 13.4 billion years old

Astronomers working mostly in Chile dated VVV CL001, a faint globular cluster buried behind dust near the galactic center, at ...
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4 million times the Sun’s mass: Inside Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s central black hole

Somewhere in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, about twenty-five thousand light-years away, sits the anchor of ...

Do stars really disappear in the light of a lantern? — An animated starry sky created with AI

I have created the sixth short animation featuring the 3D character LANTERN DOLL.It is a story about a Lantern Doll who comes ...
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Veiled in dust for billions of years, this ancient star cluster could be the oldest in the Milky Way

A new study claims that the VVV CL001 cluster is around 13.4 billion years old, which could make it the oldest star cluster ...

Stories of Baby AI and the Universe | Beyond the Solar System — Stars, Galaxies, and the Cosmic Web ④〜⑦

"Become an even smaller baby."That one sentence started the story of the universe with baby Sol.In parts ①〜③, we traced the ...
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I’ve Stargazed Across the U.S., and This Utah National Park Has the Most Incredible Night Skies

An International Dark Sky Park, Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park offers incredible stargazing. Here’s how to plan a visit to ...
Martin Cid Magazine

The Milky Way’s disk was born thick and took 3 billion years to flatten

A Spanish-led team dated stars with Gaia and found the galactic disk formed in two stages, a puffy turbulent one and then a ...
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Rubin Observatory discovers two hidden companions of the Milky Way

Astronomers using early data from Rubin Observatory have identified two previously hidden companions of the Milky Way. One is ...