Image of the Day: The First Stars of the Milky Way (A Weekend Feature)

Image of the Day: The First Stars of the Milky Way (A Weekend Feature): "The image reveals a small region inside the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri, which boasts nearly 10 million stars. Globular clusters, ancient swarms of stars united by gravity, are the homesteaders of our Milky Way galaxy. The stars in Omega Centauri are between 10 billion and 12 billion years old. The cluster lies about 16,000 light-years from Earth."