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Brilliant Image

Globular Cluster image

ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), Daniel Verschatse/Observatorio Antilhue/ Chile

Pictured above is a "young" globular cluster named NGC 1818 which formed only about 40 million years ago - just yesterday compared to the 12 billion year ages of globular clusters in our own Milky Way. IU astronomer Katherine Rhode recently received an NSF CAREER Award to continue her studies of globular clusters.