May 12, 2015
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ALMA Discovers Proto Super Star Cluster -- a Cosmic 'Dinosaur Egg' About to Hatch
Globular clusters – dazzling agglomerations of up to a million ancient stars – are among the oldest objects in the universe. Though plentiful in and around many galaxies, newborn examples are vanishingly rare and the conditions necessary to create new ones have never been detected, until now.
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The display is beautiful and the content material is crisp....
Hello there Niko...good to meet you, here on my blog.
The difference you ask about is interesting in that in today's definitions a Nebula is a dust cloud indeed, as is this one that may well be on its way to becoming a newly formed or forming globular cluster. Nebulae typically precede the formation of stars...are in fact the material stars are formed from. This seems to be a huge dust cloud that will 'hang' together and ultimately produce multiple tens of thousands of stars...a globular cluster by definition.
This seems to be the first 'pre' globular cluster nebula that has been found. So the difference would seem to be one of stages of development...the nebula being earlier in time.
Thanks for the question...great work?
Dear Sir,
After reading this article, I am left with a novice question: What is the differance between this new Globular cluster and a Nebula?
Niko Whybrew
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