[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[NavyShoe]

The globular cluster is my favorite star formation.

[Stosh]

I’ve always wondered why those things don’t gravitationally collapse on themselves - and I guess at least to a certain extent they do. If anyone’s interested, check out the simulation video under “Cluster Interactions” at the link below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_straggler

[Red Badger]

This is what happens when you have a galaxy without a black hole.............