11 - Ancient Star Clusters And A Mystery Planet

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11 - Ancient Star Clusters And A Mystery Planet

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Sep 3, 2019

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In this episode we talk about globular clusters and how they help us work out the age of stars, and then return to our neighbourhood to investigate the rumour of an undiscovered planet in the Solar System.

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Sep 3, 2019

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