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A Cluster of Ancient Stars

This picture shows a star cluster called NGC 6388. Some of the stars in this cluster are over 10 billion years old!

Credit:

X-ray: NASA/CXC/IASF Palermo/M.Del Santo et al; Optical: NASA/STScI

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