This is the entire globular cluster M22, a 12- to 14-billion-year-old grouping of stars in theconstellation Sagittarius. About 10 millionstars reside in the 60 light-year-wide region. Six drifting planet-sized objects were discovered here recently, 8,500 light-years away from Earth. Their characteristics are mostly unknown. Click to enlarge.

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