Erick Young
Erick Young
cluster distance random stars
If you look at the very young stars in the cluster and the spacing between them, it isn't random spacing. They're all about the same distance apart.
longer looking planets prior stars start terms
Stars we're looking at here are prior to the formation of planets, we think, but it's not going to be very much longer in astronomical terms before planets start forming.
good star theory works
This is the first really good demonstration that the theory works on something like a star cluster.
believe billion cluster exactly forming happened history process solar stars sun tells
We believe this process of forming stars in a cluster was exactly the same thing that happened with our very own sun 4 1/2 billion years ago. It tells us a lot about the history of our own solar system.