Final kiss of 2 stars heading for catastrophe

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found the hottest and most massive double star with components so close that they touch each other. The two stars in the extreme system VFTS 352 could be heading for a dramatic end, during which the two stars either coalesce to create a single […]

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