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. |
This is the first really good demonstration that the theory works on something like a star cluster. |
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. |