Hot Huge Stars Are Couples in Trouble | Video

Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 14:05 in Astronomy & Space

Vampire stars can kill their partners. Pairs of brilliant blue Type "O" stars, a million times brighter than our Sun, disrupt the Galaxy when they swipe one another's hydrogen, merge, and explode. Such supernovas seed the galaxy with life’s elements.

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