A star cluster concealed behind thick clouds of dust near the Milky Way’s center may be 13.4 billion years old, placing it ...
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A globular cluster near the center of the Galaxy is hidden behind dense dust, and its age may force astronomers to reconsider ...
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A Hubble-based census of 37 nearby dwarf galaxies finds they hold on average just 11% of the oxygen their own stars forged, and as little as 4%. Supernova winds ...
Galactic archaeologists are using precise measures and larger sample sizes afforded by new missions to tease apart minute differences between groups of stars, revealing the history of the Milky Way ...
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study nearby dwarf galaxies discovered a puzzle: Those galaxies have far less oxygen than expected.
Stars Make Oxygen for Small Galaxies. They Lose Most of It.
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