Friday 19 December 2014

Surprising Theorists, Stars Within Middle-Aged Clusters Are of Similar Age

SKY NIGHTLY
Surprising Theorists, Stars Within Middle-Aged Clusters Are of Similar Age
Oxnard CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2014 - A close look at the night sky reveals that stars don't like to be alone; instead, they congregate in clusters, in some cases containing as many as several million stars. Until recently, the oldest of these populous star clusters were considered well understood, with the stars in a single group having formed at different times, over periods of more than 300 million years. Yet new research p ... more


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