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For the first time, astronomers find old and cold brown dwarfs in a globular cluster

JWST images pick up three of the little buggers

Philip Plait

A globular gift from JWST

February 27, 2023 Issue #531

BAN #228: Actinoform clouds, Hubble globular NGC 6441

18 June 2020 Issue #228

BAN #366: Oh deer, Gasp-worthy not-globular cluster

14 October 2021 Issue #366

BAN #384: A wind is rising, A globular demands posting

16 December 2021 Issue #384

BAN #444: Getting better, Globular takes science full circle

14 July 2022 Issue #444

Nazi Update (geez, I hate even having to type that), and waves of star birth in ancient clusters

Newsletter news, and more evidence that we’re starting to understand globular clusters

Astronomers finally find an elusive intermediate-mass black hole... and it’s not all that far away

The magnificent globular cluster Omega Centauri’s stars give away the presence of the black hole

Philip Plait

BAN #93: A young cosmic bauble, a dragon in the shadows

March 4, 2019 Issue #93

BAN #463: The gorgeous cluster Terzan 4

September 19, 2022 Issue #463

BAN #102: Cometary anaglyph, 3 new clusters for the Milky Way

April 4, 2019 Issue #102

Has a middleweight black hole finally revealed itself? Maaaaybe.

Also, me as a stick figure in a “Minute Physics/xkcd” mashup.

Philip Plait