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Science 3 January 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5603, p. 62
DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5603.62

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Breaking Up Is Easy To Do

Robert Irion

Gravitational mayhem deep in the core of a globular cluster ejects its own stars (see main text) and whittles away its mass. Clusters are threatened from outside, too; our Milky Way snacks on them like finger foods. Over time, the galaxy can shred a compact cluster into ghostly streams of stars.

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