Hubble Shows the Ancient Star Cluster Messier 30
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
NASA and ESA have a new picture.
- A2
An image from NASA and ESA shows Messier 30.
- B1
An image from the NASA and ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 30.
- B2
Messier 30 is a globular cluster located about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus.
- C1
About 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus sits Messier 30, a star group that travels against the flow of our galaxy.
- C2
Roughly 27,500 light-years away, in the constellation Capricornus, sits Messier 30, a cosmic relic that refuses to go with the flow.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- cluster
- a group of similar things that are close together
- roughly
- almost, or not exactly
- estimate
- to guess the size, age, or cost of something using the information you have
- ancient
- very old, from a long time ago
- capture
- to catch and hold something so it cannot move away
- combine
- to join two or more things together to make a single thing
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.