This video zooms into a Hubble Space Telescope view of globular star cluster NGC 6397. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Astronomers from Swinburne University in Australia and elsewhere have employed the Keck II telescope to investigate the ...

This week’s small-telescope target is globular cluster NGC 2808 in the southern constellation Carina the Keel. It shines at magnitude 6.2 and has a diameter of 13.8′. That means it covers 20 ...

IN 1915–18, Dr. Shapley published a remarkable series of researches on globular clusters which brought these remote objects into the forefront of astronomical interest. His results indicated an ...

A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This ...

Most open clusters reside in the arms of spiral galaxies, and their stars are usually relatively young. NGC 2031: In the top left corner of this starry sight, the globular cluster NGC 2031 shines ...