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Hubble Revisits a Globular Cluster’s Age
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This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster IC 4499. Globular clusters are big balls of old stars that orbit around their host galaxy. It has long been believed that all the stars within a globular cluster form at the about same time, a property which can be used to determine the cluster's age.
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Credit lineHubble Revisits a Globular Cluster’s Age. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001017.
