star cluster
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Theories suggest that rogue planets are more likely to be found in the outskirts of a star cluster, so expanding the search area may identify them if they exist within IC 348.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023
This first result focuses on the protoplanetary disk termed XUE 1, which is located in the star cluster Pismis 24.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
Embedded in the nebula's glowing gas, the star cluster Collinder 249 is visible.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
Its imagery also revealed a more established star cluster near Earendel that appears to be gravitationally stable and has perhaps even persisted into the present day — if its stars are still alive, that is.
From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2023
Yet it may possibly be an immensely distant star cluster instead of a nebula, since its spectrum does not appear to be gaseous.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman
