Nasa’s Hubble captures a spectacular cluster of 500,000 ancient stars to mark America's 250th anniversary
- Image: NASATo mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, NASA released a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope showing more than 500,000 stars glowing in shades of red, white and blue.
- The image features Messier 3, one of the largest and most massive globular clusters found anywhere in the Milky Way, a densely packed sphere of ancient stars all bound together by gravity.
- Beyond its patriotic colour scheme and obvious visual appeal, the cluster is helping astronomers piece together clues about the Milky Way's distant past, including the possibility that Messier 3 itself is th
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- Image: NASATo mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, NASA released a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope showing more than 500,000 stars glowing in shades of red, white and blue.
- The image features Messier 3, one of the largest and most massive globular clusters found anywhere in the Milky Way, a densely packed sphere of ancient stars all bound together by gravity.
- Beyond its patriotic colour scheme and obvious visual appeal, the cluster is helping astronomers piece together clues about the Milky Way's distant past, including the possibility that Messier 3 itself is th
Sources: Times of India