In some ways, star clusters are like giant families with thousands of stellar siblings. These stars come from the same origins – a common cloud of gas and dust – and are bound to one another by gravity. Astronomers think that our Sun was born in a star cluster about 4.6 billion years ago that quickly dispersed. Source: [url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/stellar-family-portrait-in-x-rays.html]Stellar Family Portrait in X-rays[/url]


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