More young star clusters contain several times more metal than their older relatives. In the network published photos of the unusual globular cluster NGC 362. Photos taken using the Hubble telescope, a joint project of NASA and ESA. As it turned out, this cluster several times younger than expected. As …
Read More »Astronomers showed the impressive open star cluster
The cluster is about 200 thousand light-years from Earth.Scientists using a telescope “Hubble” has received the star cluster NGC 299, which is located in the constellation Toucan. The picture was published on the website of the telescope. NGC 299 is the so-called multiple concentration and is within the galaxy neighbor …
Read More »NASA showed the Pandora cluster
The Pandora cluster is located about four million light-years from Earth. Spitzer space telescope took the picture of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora’s cluster. The image is available on the NASA website. Contains the infrared at wavelengths of 3.6 microns (blue), 4.5 microns (green). Bright clumps in …
Read More »Scientists have discovered the most distant and ancient galaxy cluster
It is approximately 11.1 billion light-years from Earth. Scientists-astronomers have discovered the most distant from Earth and as a consequence most ancient of all currently known cluster of galaxies. This cluster, called CL J1001+0220 (CL J1001), is located on the removal of 11.1 billion light-years from Earth, and this finding …
Read More »In Russia, scientists have discovered a cluster of white whales
White orcas are extremely rare.In the Northwest Pacific, scientists have found at least five white whales. The multiplicity of such individuals suggests that among orcas inbreeding has taken on alarming proportions. Normally, these animals are black and white. Individuals of white, which the scientists saw earlier was alone and undeveloped …
Read More »NASA has published the most ancient cluster in the Universe
The cluster is located at a distance of 11.1 billion light-years from Earth. Researchers using the x-ray Observatory Chandra have discovered a galactic cluster is a champion in range of the location. As reported on the website NASA, the oldest known clusters in the Universe, most likely, was dismissed by …
Read More »At a refugee camp in Syria dropped cluster bombs: 17 dead
It is not known who carried out the airstrike. The refugee camp esh-Sharqi in the border with Jordan, the district Ruweishid (Syria) threw seven cluster bombs. According to local sources, the airstrike killed 17 people, about 40 were wounded. Among the victims are women and children. While it is unknown …
Read More »Hubble took photos of a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Leo
Holding them back at the force of gravitation inherent in such massive clusters. The Hubble telescope showed thousands of galaxies located in the constellation Leo. This was informed by experts of Agency NASA. According to information from scientists, Leo constellation includes one of the largest clusters of galaxies. It includes …
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