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Reborn Stars [1]

The star cluster M3 contains many "reborn" stars among its half-million members. These stars have merged with other stars or had their outer layers stripped away, making them look especially blue, which is a sign of stellar youth. In reality, the stars are probably all more than 11 billion years old. [Robert J. Vanderbei/Wikipedia]

M3, a globular star cluster
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