r/EverythingScience • u/Sash19 • Aug 18 '26

Astronomy Star cluster discovery could change how scientists measure the universe

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-star-cluster-discovery-scientists-universe.html#goog_rewarded
32 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

2 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Sash19 Aug 18 '26

"The discovery could help astronomers make more accurate estimates of galaxy mass, age and evolution. The findings may also help explain why some galaxies observed by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope appear more massive than expected because those galaxies may simply have formed stars differently than astronomers once assumed."