Astrophysica @thephysicsjournal.substack.com · Apr 26 Globular cluster NGC 1805. The stars of this tight grouping in the Large Magellanic Cloud are 100 to 1000 times closer together than the nearest stars are to our Sun. (ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Kalirai) #stars #galaxy #space #cosmos #science #astrophysics
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Globular cluster may be my favorite set of words in the English language
Point of stylistic order, Doctor. Constructions like "X times closer" and "X times smaller", while not mathematically incorrect, are cognitively brutal. Beautiful pic though, I must say.