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Astronomers catch a star devouring a brown dwarf

Original: Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away https:// lemmy.zip/post/72954217

Astronomers have observed a star slowly consuming a brown dwarf roughly 300 light years from Earth. The event offers a rare glimpse of stellar destruction of a substellar object, and space enthusiasts are sharing and discussing the finding online.

Why now: New astronomical observations of a star destroying a brown dwarf are capturing public interest in space science.

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• Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away https:// lemmy.zip/post/72954217 · dacalla@lemmy.zip · 2

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