Saturday, July 28, 2012

'Vampire' Stars More Common Than Once Thought, ESO Study Shows


A surprising number of massive stars in our Milky Way galaxy are part of close stellar duos, a new study finds, but most of these companion stars have turbulent relationships — with one "vampire star" sucking gas from the other, or the two stars violently merging to form a single star.


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