NASA Webb, Hubble Reveal History of Relic of Milky Way’s Formation
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For over a century, astronomers classified Terzan 5 as a standard globular star cluster. New observations from NASA's James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes have upended that classification, revealing its true nature and offering fresh insight into how galaxies like the Milky Way assembled over cosmic time. The discovery underscores how even familiar objects in our sky can surprise us when examined with sufficiently powerful instruments.
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-hubble-r...
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