"The rich variety of stars live in our Galaxy mostly singly or in pairs ... Sometimes, however, hundreds or thousands of stars can be found in loose groups called s. The is a daily young open closer, and the which surrounds the famous "seven sisters" of this cluster attests to the fact that these stars must only recently have been born out of the surrounding gas and dust. The oldest stars in our Galaxy are found in tighter groups called s. Rich globular clusters may contain more than a million members."
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Frank Shu
(εΎιη; June 2, 1943 β April 22, 2023) was a Chinese-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and author. Known with his doctoral advisor and collaborator for the , he was elected in 1987 a Member of the and in 1992 a Fellow of the . He received in 1977 the , in 1996 the , in 2000 the , and in 2009 both the and the .
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