2023.08.31

Our Sun Was Born Far, Far from Here

New clues suggest our nearest star has a complex origin story

A photograph shows our sun from data taken by nasa’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).(NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC)

A photograph shows our sun from data taken by nasa’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).(NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC)

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