Ancient stars dazzle in a celestial chandelier | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2026

Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster. The Hubble Space Telescope captured this twinkling image of NGC 6723, or the Chandelier Cluster, a globular star cluster located 27,000 light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy. Every bright spot in this mesmerizing cosmic chandelier is an individual star in the cluster [1].

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1. space.com · Ancient stars dazzle in a celestial chandelier | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2026 Aug 21, 2026

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