![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917102526im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Newly Born Identical Twin Stars Show Surprising Differences
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June 18, 2008
![twin stars observed in the Orion Nebula](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917102526im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/twin_stars_l.jpg) | The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even in size, suggesting that the stars formed at significantly different times rather than simultaneously, as generally assumed. Full story |
Source Vanderbilt University See also: NSF News Release ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080917102526im_/http://nsf.gov/images/bluefadesm.jpg)
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