This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies near the center of our galactic neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. That dwarf galaxy hosts an extremely rich population of star clusters, making it an ideal laboratory for investigating star formation. [2913 x 2865]

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