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Showing posts with label ESO La Silla Observatory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ESO La Silla Observatory. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

A star cluster has a secret


The ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the stunning globular star cluster Messier 4. This group consists of tens of thousands of antique stars is one of the closest and one of the most studied globular clusters. Recent research has exposed that one of its stars has unusual and surprising properties; apparently it is the secret of eternal youth.