M92

GLOBULAR CLUSTER · the overlooked gem

M92 — AI illustration of the real object

AGE among the oldest knownWHERE in Hercules, near famous M13

Forever in the shadow of its glamorous neighbor M13, yet M92 is nearly as bright and even more ancient, with some age estimates brushing against the age of the universe itself. Its stars are extremely poor in heavy elements, a sign they formed before generations of supernovae had seasoned the cosmic soup.

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