Astronomers find a “cataclysmic” pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
2022-10-10 09:51
The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction.
Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun. The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples, with orbits so tight that some stellar systems could fit between Earth and the moon.
