![Dazzling, bright, white stars, some of which display cross-shaped spikes of light.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/c86-2-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
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Hubble captured this close-up of stars in Caldwell 86 using the Advanced Camera for Surveys in 2005. These observations helped astronomers identify white dwarfs (the burned-out relics of once-normal stars) in Caldwell 86 and indicated that white dwarfs are kicked out of the cluster’s core when they form.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
Image CreditNASA, ESA, and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
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