First low-mass star detected in globular cluster
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
Even the most powerful high-tech telescopes are barely able to record remote low-mass and thus faint stars. Astrophysicists have now detected a low-mass star in globular cluster M22 for the first time through microlensing. The result indicates that the overall mass of globular clusters might well be explained without enigmatic dark matter.