Sunny Priyan
This sparkling picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M4.
The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a colossal nuclear furnace.
M4 is relatively close to us, lying 7,200 light-years distant, making it a prime object for study.
It contains tens of thousands of stars, including many white dwarfs, the remnants of ancient, dying stars.
In July 2003, Hubble helped make the astounding discovery of a planet called PSR B1620-26 b, 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter, which is located in this cluster.
Its age is estimated to be around 13 billion years, almost three times as old as the solar system. It orbits a binary system of a white dwarf and a pulsar (a type of neutron star).