July 3, 2024
1 Solar System Way, Planet Earth, USA
Space

Astronomers trace the family tree of star clusters in the solar neighborhood – Sky and Telescopes

When you look up tonight, you may notice that alongside the bright stars are clusters dotting the sky. The starry fluff of the Pleiades, for example, contains members that were born together about 100 million years ago. Astronomers are looking back in time, showing that many star groups were once organized into larger gatherings that

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