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Fourth Day of Creation: The Proto-history of Young Stars, Star Streams, and Exoplanets Near the Sun
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2016
Abstract
Items of scientific knowledge at any moment in time have pre-histories when they were debated, doubted, or absolutely denied. The examples considered here are the admitted facts that star formation is an on-going process in the Milky Way, that there are young moving groups (the products of young star clusters in the process of dissolution and perhaps more complex processes), and that planets orbiting other stars are common. It is hard to imagine any of these ceasing to be part of core astronomical knowledge, but you are advised not to place large bets on this.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S314: Young Stars & Planets Near the Sun , November 2015 , pp. 1 - 7
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016
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