Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The open cluster M67 has traditionally been considered a possible birthplace for the Sun, though computer modelling may throw a spanner in the works? Will astronomers ever learn where our star was born?

To read the paper "The Sun Was Not Born in M67" visit: arxiv.org/abs/1201.0987

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