An open cluster of stars shines through misty, cocoon-like gas clouds in this Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 460. NGC 460 is located in a region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. This particular region contains a number of young star clusters and nebulae of different sizes […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Magellanic Clouds, Star Clusters, Stars, The Universe
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March 8, 2025
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