Ruprecht 106: NASA's Hubble snaps a cosmic treasure chest that holds a mystery - Oneindia

While the majority of stars in a globular cluster formed at approximately the same location and time, it turns out that almost all globular clusters contain at least two groups of stars with distinct chemical compositions.

Washington, Jun 13: Like Sherlock Holmes's magnifying glass, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope can peer into an astronomical mystery in search of clues. The enigma in question concerns the globular… [+1691 chars]

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