When astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were in for a surprise. Star pairs are typically very similar, like twins, but in HD 148937, one star appears younger and, unlike the other, is magnetic. New data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) suggest there were originally three stars in the system, until two of them clashed and merged. This violent event created the surrounding cloud and forever altered the system’s fate.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2407/
Kind regards,
The ESO Department of Communication
11 April 2024
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Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos
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