Star Clusters
As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) shared new images that revisited stunning, previously released…
An open cluster of stars shines through misty, cocoon-like gas clouds in this Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 460.…
A bouquet of thousands of stars in bloom has arrived. This composite image contains the deepest X-ray image ever made…
Evolution of a "Blue Lurker" Star in a Triple System Panel 1: A triple star system containing three Sun-like stars.…
The name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class…
This new view of the “Christmas tree cluster” NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra…
This new image of star cluster NGC 602, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with a…
Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the…
Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that include very massive stars. These giant stars send out large…
