Published:
December 28, 2009
 This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Antennae galaxies. During the course of the collision, billions of stars will be formed. The brightest and most compact of these star birth regions are called super star clusters.
Photo by NASA/ESA/the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)/ESA Yes. These clusters are harder to find in distant galaxies, but locating them is possible with modern observatories. |
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