Within NGC 1466 are blue straggler stars bright, blue stars with masses greater than the average for the cluster. These blue ...

This image of Caldwell 69 combines ultraviolet, visible, and infrared observations captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 during 2019 and 2020. NGC 6355 is a globular cluster positioned in the inner ...

This 100 million-year-old globular cluster is located in the ... Milky Way and a birthplace for billions of stars. This Hubble image shows bright, blue, newly formed stars that are blowing a ...

In addition, it was found that at least 64% of the 14 known blue straggler stars (BSS) of NGC 2506 are in binary systems. More information: Evan Linck et al, WIYN Open Cluster Study. XC.

The final supermoon of 2024 will illuminate the skies alongside the Pleiades, immortalized in Greek mythology as the "Seven ...

Skywatchers will have a prime opportunity to view one of the most prominent populations of stars, the Beehive Cluster, also known as M44, located in the heart of the Cancer constellation ...

The cluster contains hundreds of massive ... NASA's now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope (red, green, blue, and cyan) reveals young stars and the cooler dust and gas throughout the region.

"The density of galaxies in the Virgo cluster creates a rich field of hot ... that is filled with young, hot blue stars. Here, pressure has compressed the galaxy and increased star formation.