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How massive are globular clusters’ stars? They’re old, so they can’t be too big, right?

I have always heard that everything we see is “star stuff” from previous stars that died after converting their hydrogen into heavier elements. So how is there any hydrogen left for the Sun and planets?

Exotic Objects, Stars

Black hole and star orbiting at dizzying speed

Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Herschel discovers some of the youngest stars ever seen

ALMA rewrites history of universe’s stellar baby boom

Closest star system found in a century

Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Hubble pins down age of oldest known star

Deep-Sky Objects, Galaxies, Stars

The constellation Columba, globular cluster NGC 1851, and spiral galaxy NGC 1808

New Greek observatory sheds light on old star

Exoplanets, Planets, Stars

Future evidence for extraterrestrial life might come from dying stars

As I understand, a star will “blow away” any remaining gas and dust in the immediate area once it begins fusion. So why can some stars collect billions of times more mass before blowing away the remainder of their embryonic material?

Deep-Sky Objects, Stars

The Beehive Cluster (M44), open cluster M50, and the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237–9/46)