EPISODE · Sep 30, 2022 · 22 MIN
Globular Clusters: Already Old Nine Billion Years Ago
from EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News
The quest to understand the formation mechanisms of globular clusters was limited by the Hubble Space Telescope's ability to peer back in time. Now, JWST's larger mirror has allowed astronomers to find gravitationally lensed galaxies that have globular clusters almost nine billion years old. Plus, two new super-mercury exoplanets, This Week in Space History, and an interview with Eric Palmer about the DART mission.
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Globular Clusters: Already Old Nine Billion Years Ago
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