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How Star Clusters Age: The Pleiades, the Hyades, and the Orion Nebula Cluster


Astronomers found evolutionary links that connect three well-known star clusters. The Orion Nebular Cluster, the Pleiades, and the Hyades are located roughly in the same region in space, but have different ages. New research shows that they're connected and have similar origins.

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