OVER-CONTACT BINARY STARS VFTS 352: Mixing in Two Stars that Touch by Susanna Kohler, Sept.3, 2017 VIDEO: A simulation of the over-contact binary VFTS 352. These stars’ interiors might be especially well-mixed due to their unusual configuration. [ESO/L. Calçada] Link to PAPER below. - Main takeaway: A team led by Leonardo Almeida (Johns Hopkins University and University of São Paulo, Brazil) discovered the binary star system VFTS 352 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This pair of O-type stars is an

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KIC 8462852 — better known as Tabby’s Star — remains one of the most puzzling cosmic discoveries of the past decade. Astronomers first noticed it because its brightness drops in strange, irregular patterns that no known natural process fully explains. These dips don’t repeat, they vary in depth, and they form shapes unlike anything seen in ordinary stars. Comets, dust clouds, passing planets — all have been suggested, yet none match the star’s bizarre light curve. The mystery deepened when Dr. M

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