Discovering the origins of ancient globular clusters

New research has provided some surprising answers regarding the origins of globular clusters the oldest visible objects in the Universe — some of them may not be so ancient at all.

Robert Lea
Nov 7 · 4 min read
Young globular clusters (ages up to 1 billion years) are indicated by the blue dots. These globular clusters are closely associated with a filamentary network of cool gas, coloured orange to white, which extends to the outer reaches of the giant galaxy at the centre of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Round or oval objects, also coloured orange to white, are smaller galaxies that are part of the same galaxy cluster. (@The University of Hong Kong)

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Robert Lea

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Freelance science writer and journalist. Space. Physics. Astronomy. Astrophysics. Quantum Physics. ABSW member. WCSJ Fellow 2019. Twitter @sciencef1rst

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