SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 4, 2026Scientific American

The Pleiades Star Cluster Has a Secret Stellar Family

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Astronomers found that the Pleiades star cluster is the surviving core of a much larger stellar family that scattered across 1,600 light-years over 75 million years, containing over 10,000 related stars.

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