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Astronomy & Observing News

The Sun Left Home in a Hurry

By exploring the edge of the solar system, astronomers have estimated how long our star stuck around its siblings after birth.

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Astronomy & Observing News

Astronomers Trace the Family Tree of Stars Clustered in the Solar Neighborhood

Astronomers have pressed rewind on a cosmic video of the solar neighborhood, tracing the origins of young star clusters within 3,000 light-years of the Sun.