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Baby star still throwing a tantrum, burning bright before settling down.

means A young star in its first few million years, prone to violent stellar storms and dramatic brightness swings as it contracts toward the main sequence.

from Named after T Tauri, a variable star discovered in the constellation Taurus in 1852; astronomers later realized it belonged to a whole class of newborns doing exactly what it was doingthe prototype became the category.

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t tauri itselfthe original variable star in Taurus, discovered 1852, still studied today

hl taurinearby T Tauri system with spectacular accretion disk imaged by ALMA in 2014

aa tauriyoung star in Taurus showing dramatic infrared variability from disk interactions

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