Hubble Spies Starry Chandelier

According to NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of a globular cluster — a collection of tens of thousands to millions of stars, all bound together by gravity. Our galaxy contains more than one hundred fifty of these ancient clusters. The densely packed stars in this particular cluster create a glittering, chandelier-like arrangement in space. It's a striking example of how gravity shapes stellar architecture across vast distances.

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