Hubble just revealed the fiery heart of the Cigar Galaxy

Behind the dusty clouds of the Cigar Galaxy lies a dazzling powerhouse of star formation, where stars are being born ten times faster than in the Milky Way. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered massive super star clusters in its core, each glowing with hundreds of thousands of stars and shining brighter than typical clusters. These observations reveal not only the galaxys extraordinary pace of star creation but also provide a rare look into how such enormous clusters devel...