Pan of Star Cluster IC 348 in Perseus | Webb Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: This image from the near-infrared camera (NIRCam) instrument on the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope shows the central portion of the star cluster IC 348. Astronomers combed the cluster in search of tiny, free-floating brown dwarfs: objects too small to be stars but larger than most planets. They found three brown dwarfs that are less than eight times the mass of Jupiter. The smal

Pan of Star Cluster Westerlund 1 in Ara | James Webb Space Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: The open cluster Westerlund 1 is located roughly 12,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Ara (the Altar) where it resides behind a huge interstellar cloud of gas and dust. It was discovered in 1961 from Australia by Swedish astronomer Bengt Westerlund. Westerlund 1 is an incomparable natural laboratory for the study of extreme stellar physics, helping astronomers to find out how the most massive

Tonight, the Hyades star cluster reaches its highest point in the sky a moment when one of the oldest and closest star clusters to Earth stands in perfect view. The golden “V” shape of Taurus glows warmer and brighter as Aldebaran, the fiery red giant, leads the formation like a cosmic lighthouse. Beside it, the Moon rises in soft amber light, making the entire horizon feel ancient and alive. This alignment is more than a beautiful scene it’s a reminder of how long the stars have watched over ou

• The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram for Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri 10.12.2020 VIDEO: In this video, the stars in globular cluster Omega Centauri are rearranged according to their intrinsic brightness (vertical axis) and their temperature (horizontal axis). The temperature of a star dictates its apparent colour, with cooler stars being red and hotter ones being blue. The majority of stars at any given time fall into a wide band known as the main sequence, which passes from the top left (h