NASA's Hubble Telescope Releases Star-Spangled Image of Globular Cluster M3 for US 250th Anniversary

Tracy Vogel

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope released a celebratory image of the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3) in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary. The image features more than 500,000 stars in red, white, and blue hues. M3 is one of the Milky Way's most massive globular clusters — a spherical collection of ancient, gravitationally bound stars that formed at roughly the same time from the same gas cloud. About 150 such clusters are known to orbit the outer regions of the Milky Way.

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More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary.

The image showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way galaxy's most massive globular clusters, or spherical collections of gravitationally bound stars.

Globular clusters are made up of ancient stars that formed at roughly the same time from the same cloud of gas, giving those stars similar ages.

Around 150 known globular clusters are sprinkled around the outer regions of the Milky Way.

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More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this NASA Hubble image of the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3).

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