Our Nearest Star Cluster Appears To Be Being Ripped Apart By An Unseen Structure – IFLScience

Scientists have found some tantalizing evidence that the closest star cluster to the Sun is being gravitationally disrupted. This preliminary finding, reported in Astronomy & Astrophysics, suggests that the cluster encountered a massive unseen structure hundreds of millions of years ago. Thats when the ripping apart begun.
The star cluster in question is known as Hyades. It is located 153 light-years away, and it can be seen as a V-shape distribution of stars at the head of the constellation Taurus….

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