Omega Centauri III Saturn Many of the diamond-like icy

Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known

blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions normally obscured by the dust

a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies

But the story's not over

luminous stars in the entire Milky Way

Omega Centauri III Saturn Many of the diamond-like icyThe globular star cluster Omega Centauri has caught the attention of sky watchers ever since the ancient astronomer Ptolemy first cataloged it 2,000 years ago. Ptolemy, however, thought Omega Centauri was a single star. He didn't know that the "star" was actually a beehive swarm of nearly 10 million stars, all orbiting a common center of gravity. The stars are so tightly crammed together that astronomers had to wait for the powerful vision of NASA's