Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
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Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
Using ALMA, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to form a massive stellar binary, finding chaos that indicates they emerged from different backgrounds.
Astronomers mapped the junction of two massive stars that formed a binary system at 5,300 light-years from Earth, according to a study published on September 8. The joint movement of the so-called protostars occurred in the system IRAS 07299−1651. The data revealed that the celestial bodies were not born from the same cloud of gas and dust, as usual [...]
Double star systems are common, it is assumed that they usually arise together. Now two have been discovered, which have only just found each other.
Astronomers have made another discovery. They have identified two large, young stars that merged into a binary system just 60 years ago. This means they are orbiting each other while still in the process of being born. This groundbreaking discovery was made thanks to observations using, among others, the ALMA radio telescope.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope, astronomers watched the two stars merge to form a massive binary star system.
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