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Old 15-January-2008, 01:50 AM
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Default Episode 68: Globular Clusters

This week we're going to study some of the most ancient objects in the entire Universe; globular clusters. These relics of the early Universe contain hundreds of thousands of stars, held together by their mutual gravity. Since they formed together, they give astronomers a unique way to test various theories of stellar evolution.

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Quick question. . .what is the actual distance between the stars in the core of a globular?

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