Their conclusions are based on new simulations of some 1500 stars in the Orion Trapezium star cluster some 1300 light years away in Orion. They simulated 2522 planets that orbited 500 stars within ...

an open star cluster located approximately 160,000 light-years from Earth. In the Trapezium embedded cluster within the Orion Nebula, young stars shine brightly through dense clouds of gas and ...

Most open clusters reside in the arms of spiral galaxies, and their stars are usually relatively young. Trapezium: This image showcases several young stars shine through thick clouds of gas and ...