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Friday, September 11, 2015

Stellar discovery: Massive binary star with unique properties

The first massive binary star, epsilon Lupi, in which both stars have magnetic fields has been discovered by a PhD candidate. A binary star is a star system consisting of two or more stars, orbiting around their common center of mass.

from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1F2lBPZ
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