Find Lost Star Siblings – ScienceDaily – AlKhaleej Today

Star clusters have been part of the imaginary of human civilization for millennia. The brightest star clusters on earth, like the Pleiades, are easily visible to the naked eye. A team led by astronomers has now discovered the existence of massive star halos, so-called coronae, that surround local star clusters.
Clusters form large families of stars that can stay together for large parts of their lives. Today we know about a few thousand star clusters in the Milky Way, but we only recognize the…

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