In a new study posted in the Astrophysical Journal by Drs. Andrew W. Boyle, Luke G. Bouma, and Andrew W. Mann of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, remote stars have been linked to their birthplaces by using a combination of GAIA motion data and rotation data from TESS. The team's work uncovered a much larger Greater Pleiades Complex by connecting more stars to its distribution, suggesting an original giant molecular cloud. The study will give future astronomers new methodology for tracing stellar genealogies, giving a clearer picture of the history of our universe.
Join us this week as Mike discusses the birth of stars and how some stars migrate away from their original clusters.
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