Most of the time, they are separate. Except for the Pleiades, which you mentioned, which is a cluster. That's true. I did a research project in grad school on identifying moving groups of stars by their chemistry. But those... Right. So in rare cases, they are related, but that's not those are the exceptions. Football season is underway. What can make football better? Now is the perfect time to download FanDul, America's number one sports book.
Is it time to update the constellations? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen dive into astrophysics, folklore, and our ancient connection to the stars with astrophysicist Moiya McTier, Ph.D.
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