{"id":60372,"date":"2024-06-12T08:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/85a12264-7e98-467d-8eb0-75850428ceff"},"modified":"2024-06-12T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:39:42","slug":"new-view-of-the-closest-super-star-cluster-to-earth-responsible-for-the-peak-era-of-star-formation-in-our-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/new-view-of-the-closest-super-star-cluster-to-earth-responsible-for-the-peak-era-of-star-formation-in-our-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"New view of the closest super star cluster to Earth, responsible for the peak era of star formation in our Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 12 June 2024 at 08:14 AM<\/p>

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Westerlund 1 is a super star cluster, a massive grouping of gravitationally-bound stars producing stellar newborns at a prodigious rate.<\/p>

Astronomers used the Chandra X-ray Observatory and existing optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a new image of Westerlund 1.<\/p>