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The tidal remnant of an unusually metal-poor globular cluster – Nature.com

The Phoenix stream in the Milky Way halo is shown to be a tidally disrupted remnant of an unusually metal-poor globular cluster, which was possibly destroyed during Galactic evolution.

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