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The Milky Way, our galaxy, has about 150 globular clusters. Their history is not yet well understood by astronomers, and measuring their age can be extremely difficult.
Dubbed the Sparkler galaxy , it got its name thanks to the compact objects appearing as small yellow-red dots surrounding it, referred to by Canadian researchers as sparkles.