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Published online 29 April 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020429-1

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Stars are promiscuous

Succession of relationships keeps heavenly bodies young.

Astronomers have uncovered a scandalous degree of promiscuity in the cosmos. Clusters where stars gather more densely than usual are veritable hotbeds of partner-swapping.

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