From Clouds to Clusters: Are the Orion, Pleiades, and Hyades Stages of the Same Star Cluster?

Safaei et al. simulate how a dense young cluster like the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) evolves over time. Their models show it can expand and lose stars to resemble the Pleiades at ~100 million years and the Hyades at ~800 million years. This suggests the ONC, Pleiades, and Hyades may represent stages of the same cluster type.