Hubble captures a glittering cluster of thousands of stars

The Hubble Space Telescope has a picture of a field of stars. The view was taken using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Hubble scientists say thatlobular clusters contain tens of thousands to millions of stars and are associated with all kinds of galaxies. The intense attraction of these clusters of stars means that they have a regular spherical shape with a densely populated center, as can be seen in the center of this star- studded image.

There are a lot of chondrial clusters in our universe. The outer edges of the galaxy are home to most of the globular clusters. The larger the clusters, the older they are.

There are also clusters in other areas that are close to the center of the universe. Hubble has been collecting data on a group of clusters that are close to the center of the Milky Way.

There is a lot of dust in the center of the Milky Way that blocks off light and makes it difficult to see. Hubble scientists combined the data from the telescope and the archives to better understand the age and structure of the clusters.

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