Over time, clusters of stars exhibit motions and dynamical behavior. Mass segregation is one such behavior, where more massive stars sink towards the center of the cluster. This article studies a number of star clusters in the Milky Way and finds that they show this type of mass segregation, helping astronomers better confirm their theories.
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