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Strange Universe With Bob Berman
Strange Universe

The seventh planet!

Published October 16, 2023 at 10:35 AM EDT
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Martin Heigan

Grab those binoculars you haven’t used in years and check out the Pleiades through them. Suddenly the six stars you saw with just the naked eye explode into dozens, and now you see why it’s so famous. These are newborn Suns whose life is measured in mere millions of years, not the billions of our sun and most stars.

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