Mixing in star-forming clouds explains why sibling stars look alike

The chemical uniformity of stars in the same cluster is the result of turbulent mixing in the clouds of gas where star formation occurs, according to a study by astrophysicists at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Their results, published August 31 in Nature, show that even stars that don’t stay together in a cluster will share a chemical fingerprint with their siblings which can be used to trace them to the same birthplace.

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Mixing in star-forming clouds explains why sibling stars look alike


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