One of the Sun s Sibling Stars Has Been Found. And It s Actually Pretty Close

Thanks to the hardworking Gaia spacecraft, astronomers think they’ve located a star that formed from the same solar nebula as the Sun. In fact, this star is a virtual twin of the Sun and it’s actually pretty close. Well, astronomical speaking. Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser s Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 References: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=520 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631070516300755 https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2017/07/27/the-orion-nebula-has-created-new-stars-at-least-three-times/#7f55e8688b34 https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/su201438 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMzMuZnxZSg http://www.iastro.pt/news/news.html?ID=92 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2018/11/aa34285-18/aa34285-18.html