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Press Release 08-049
New Star Systems First of Their Kind
Two binary star systems could explode as yellow supergiants
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A newly discovered star system called "a yellow supergiant eclipsing binary" contains two very bright, massive yellow stars. They are orbiting each other so closely, they share stellar material, and the system resembles a peanut. Such systems could be progenitors of unusual yellow supernovas.
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