Star Clusters
‘Runaway’ Star Cluster Breaks Free from Distant Galaxy
We've discovered dozens of so-called "hypervelocity stars" — single stars that break the stellar speed limit. But today astronomers multiplied…
Hubble Observes Planet-“Polluted” Dead Stars In Hyades
For those of us who practice amateur astronomy, we're very familiar with the 150 light-year distant Hyades star cluster -…
How to Reconstruct the Life of a Star
It takes time to understand the life of stars. A star like our Sun takes tens of millions of years…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 23-29, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a week filled with alternative astronomical observing studies? If so, you'll enjoy looking…
Help! My Stars are Leaking!
[/caption] Star clusters are wonderful test beds for theories of stellar formation and evolution. One of the key roles they…
Colorful Cluster of Stars Competes with the Tarantula Nebula
[/caption] Who can shine the brightest in the Large Magellanic Cloud? A brilliant cluster of stars, open cluster NGC 2100…
Elements of the Universe Shown in New Image
[/caption] It's not Earth, Wind and Fire*, but light, wind and fire in this dramatic new image of the Small…
Alien Star Clusters Are Invading the Milky Way
[/caption] We're being invaded! About one-fourth of the star clusters in our galaxy are actually invaders from other galaxies, according…