ALMA Discovers Proto Super Star Cluster

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ALMA Discovers Proto Super Star Cluster

Animation of ALMA data depicting dense cores of molecular gas in the Antennae galaxies. The yellow object at the center is the first prenatal example of a globular cluster ever identified. Credit: K. Johnson, U.Va.; NRAO/AUI/NSF; ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ).

Credit: K. Johnson, U.Va.; ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)

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