star cluster
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On July 30, the crescent moon will float among shining Jupiter, red Mars, the bright star Aldebaran and the pretty Pleiades star cluster before sunrise.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024
The study, which has been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, examined a group of stars located in the nuclear star cluster that makes up the heart of the galaxy.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
In more evolved galaxies with lots of supernova explosions, those explosions heat gas in a star cluster to very high temperatures -- to millions of degrees Kelvin, Oey said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
Embedded in the nebula's glowing gas, the star cluster Collinder 249 is visible.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
He considered that the Milky Way is a great star cluster, whose form may be conjectured from numerous star-gaugings.
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
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