All About Space

A cluster of stars, or comets?

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This spectacula­r image produced by both ESO’s Atacama Large Millimetre/submillime­tre Array (ALMA) in Chile and NASA's Hubble shows the glistening stars in the cluster Westerlund 1 and their comet-like characteri­stics. In some of the most giant stars in Westerlund 1 there appears to be comet-like ‘tails’ which are created by relentless winds forming

thick strands of material being carried outward.

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