BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

M55

GLOBULAR CLUSTER · the loose snowball
M55
AI illustration of the real object
STRUCTURE unusually loose and open

A globular that skipped the crowding: M55's stars are spread loosely, so telescopes resolve it into individual points right across its face, a snowball caught mid scatter. Its relaxed structure makes it a favorite for studying how star balls evolve when they avoid the crush of core collapse.

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