star cluster
A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material, conventionally with one…A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.
» A team of astronomers accidentally discovered a previously unseen dwarf galaxy hiding behind a globular star cluster.
Meaning
1 sensesA group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.
Sternhaufen
звёздное скопле́ниеzvjózdnoje skoplénije
зоряне скупченняzorjane skupčennja
Examples
4 sentencesA team of astronomers accidentally discovered a previously unseen dwarf galaxy hiding behind a globular star cluster.
The best place to look for alien life would be in globular star clusters, according to new research.
Clyde Tombaugh also discovered several star clusters, a comet and more than a hundred asteroids.
deClyde Tombaugh entdeckte auch mehrere Sternhaufen, einen Kometen und über hundert Asteroiden.
Traversing the Universe / is the gyroscopic computer, / ejecting plasma at its tail. / It searches for electromagnetic waves / from the distant star cluster.
Translations
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Forms
plural: star clusters| Singular | star cluster |
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