There's Something Strange About How These Stars Are Moving, Scientists Say

Astronomers are perplexed by the strange behavior of some crooked clusters of stars, which seem to be violating our understanding of gravity.

The stars are bound together in spirals. Open star clusters are created in a relatively short period of time as they ignite in a huge cloud of gas.

There are two loose stars in a pair ofidal tails, one of which is being pulled behind.

Jan Pflamm-Altenburg of the University of Bonn in Germany is one of the authors of a new paper. Both tails should have the same amount of stars.

Some of their recent observations seem to be outside the box.

We were able to prove for the first time that this isn't true. The front tail has more stars nearby to the cluster than the back tail.

Their new findings are in line with a different theory.

According to the statement, stars can leave a cluster through two doors. One leads to the front and the other to the rear.

It's less likely that a star will leave the cluster because the first is more narrow. Both doors should be the same width according toNewton's theories of gravity.

It could be explained by the researchers' simulations. They suggest that open star clusters have a longer lifespan than expected.

The mystery has been known for a long time. Star clusters in nearby galaxies seem to be vanishing faster than they should.

It's not everyone's opinion that the laws of physics should be changed with MOND.

Indranil Banik, a research fellow at the University of Saint Andrews, told New Scientist that it was somewhat promising, but not conclusive. In any individual cluster there could be other effects that are causing it, but it's not likely that would happen in all of them.

The researchers are trying to increase the accuracy of their simulations so that they can conclude thatNewton was correct the first time.

There is something ripping apart the nearest star cluster to Earth.