Globular clusters are spherical and extremely compact stellar agglomerates that are usually home to one to two million stars.

How do globular clusters remain intact for so long? As stars orbit the common center of mass, shouldn't they cross orbits and ...

The constellation Hercules contains two of the finest globular star clusters visible in the Northern Hemisphere: M13 (below) and M92 (not shown -- yet!). Each contains several hundred thousand stars, ...

Young stars coming to life out of the proverbial celestial dust is perhaps the most captivating sight in the cosmos. Check ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of the first pulsar by the Globular Clusters GMRT Pulsar Search (GCGPS) survey. The pulsar, designated PSR J1617−2258A, was found in ...