Hubble sees cosmic riches
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 13:01
in Astronomy & Space
A dazzling new image shows the globular cluster Messier 69, or M 69 for short, as viewed through the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Globular clusters are dense collections of old stars. In this picture, foreground stars look big and golden when set against the backdrop of the thousands of white, silvery stars that make up M 69.