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Meet Omega Centauri, a giant star cluster

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Omega Centauri in infrared light captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Image via NASA/ Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Omega Centauri is a monster globular star cluster Omega Centauri, the largest known globular star cluster of the Milky Way, contains about 10 million stars. This behemoth, also known as NGC 5139, has a diameter of about 150 light-years. And, it’s 10 times more massive than a typical globular cluster. However, despite all t…

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