globular
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These streams develop when the gravity of the surrounding host galaxy gradually pulls stars away from the globular cluster through a process called tidal stripping.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Researchers have now shown for the first time that a globular cluster stellar stream can be used to investigate dark matter in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
More than 240 of these stars have been identified in M3, more than in any other known globular cluster in our galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Astronomers have identified around 150 globular clusters orbiting the outskirts of our galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Shapley discovered that the globular clusters were not centered around the solar neighborhood but rather about a distant region of the Milky Way, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, the Archer.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
