A globular star cluster is a collection of up to a million stars that all share the same origin. The globular clusters associated with our Milky Way galaxy are typically composed of old stars, greater than 10 billion years old. But Hubble pictures of other galaxies sometimes reveal globular-like clusters containing young stars that are less than 50 million years old.
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