The First Chemical Census of the Milky Way’s Nuclear Star Cluster
Govind Nandakumar et al 2025 ApJL 982 L14 New high-resolution near-infrared spectra of nine stars reveal the chemical abundance trends for more than a dozen elements, providing clues to the formation…
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