Thread: Milky Way Halo Globular Clusters May Not Have Originated The
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Old 02-August-2002, 02:44 AM
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Tonight in the journal/magazine, SCIENCE (for 8-2-02 - tomorrow), there is another article about young globular clusters in other galaxies. Evidently, globular clusters are not necessarily the oldest objects in some galaxies (although, some of the globulars in the Milky Way seem to be older than the Milky Way, itself). This age discrepancy might possibly be due to previous globular capture. Then again, possibly not...

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