New ESA/HUBBLE News release HEIC0815: Globular clusters tell tale of star formation in nearby galaxy metropolis

[Lars Lindberg Christensen]

Dear all

We invite you to take a look at the latest Hubble Space Telescope News
release from the European Space Agency:
HEIC0815: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0815.html

For your convenience the first paragraph of the release is provided  below.

Cheers

Lars
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News release: Globular clusters tell tale of star formation in nearby
galaxy metropolis

05-August-2008 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has identified
thousands of more than 5 billion year old globular clusters in the
Virgo cluster of galaxies. One of the results of these discoveries led
astronomers to understand more about the life and evolution of cannibal
galaxies.

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Lars Lindberg Christensen (MSc) • PIO/Head of Communication ESA/Hubble
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