Fog Instead of a Web: Why Globular Clusters Don't Sink in Dwarf Galaxies
An old stellar ball that has gathered hundreds of thousands of suns has been circling the edge of a dwarf galaxy for billions of years. By all calculations, it should have long ago plunged into the center like a heavy stone into jelly. But the ball holds its ground, and this fact has been nagging astrophysicists for several decades.