Aging red giant stars coexist with their more plentiful younger cousins, the smaller, white, Sun - like stars, in this crowded region of our galaxy's
ancient central hub, or bulge.
Peering deep into the Milky Way's crowded
central hub of stars, Hubble researchers have uncovered for the first time a population of
ancient white dwarfs — smoldering remnants of once - vibrant stars that inhabited the core.