Breathtaking images of star clusters from NASA's Hubble Telescope

Feb 17, 2024

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Hodge 301

In the most active starburst region in the local universe lies a cluster of brilliant, massive stars, known to astronomers as Hodge 301. (Image: NASA)

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Starburst Cluster in Nebula NGC 3603

In this picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC 3603, the Hubble Space Telescope captures various stages of the life cycle of stars in a single view. (Image: NASA)

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Double Cluster NGC 1850

NGC 1850, imaged here with the Hubble Space Telescope, is an unusual double cluster that lies in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. (Image: NASA)

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Globular Cluster M80

M80 (NGC 6093) is one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy. It contains hundreds of thousands of stars. (Image: NASA)

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Globular Cluster M13

Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars moving about in the globular cluster M13, one of the brightest and best-known globular clusters in the northern sky. (Image: NASA)

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Westerlund 2

Westerlund 2, a giant cluster of 3,000 stars, resides in a raucous stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29. (Image: NASA)

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Colorful Stars in Omega Centauri

A colorful assortment of 100,000 stars resides in the crowded core of Omega Centauri, a giant globular cluster. (Image: NASA)

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NGC 3603

Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603. This stellar "jewel box" is one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy. (Image: NASA)

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