{"id":3445,"date":"2026-11-07T18:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T18:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theredwing.news\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/hubble-messier-30-milky-way-history-november-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T18:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T18:37:27","slug":"hubble-messier-30-milky-way-history-november-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theredwing.news\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/hubble-messier-30-milky-way-history-november-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubble revisits a star cluster that may predate much of the Milky Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Hubble image brings together years of observations of Messier 30, a tightly packed group of stars about 27,500 light-years away. <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/hubble-learns-galactic-history-from-stars\/\">NASA released the image Thursday<\/a>, combining data from three observing programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clusters like Messier 30 preserve clues to the Milky Way\u2019s early years. 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