# This ball of stars named Terzan 5 may be one of the Milky Way's original building blocks

> A huge, shining bauble of stars called Terzan 5 could be a clump of our galaxy's central bulge that hasn't been smoothed out into the mix, and has instead survived as a fossil relic leftover from the birth of the Milky…

- **Source:** [Space](https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/this-ball-of-stars-named-terzan-5-may-be-one-of-the-milky-ways-original-building-blocks?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a3a327b47aaf9ef91343dc2)
- **Published:** 2026-06-23
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #galaxy
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a3a327b47aaf9ef91343dc2

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