Globular Clusters Tell Tale of Star Formation in Nearby Galaxy Metropolis
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 08:28
in Astronomy & Space
A new Hubble Space Telescope study of globular clusters outside our Milky Way Galaxy has found evidence that globular clusters are more likely to form in dense areas, where star birth occurs at a rapid rate, instead of uniformly from galaxy to galaxy.
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