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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"The rate at which the star is feeding from the brown dwarf suggests that this slow stellar cannibalism could carry on for hundreds of thousands, or even billions of years."
I wonder why they called it cannibalism

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    is a brown dwarf already a star?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    A brown dwarf is an astronomical object that is larger than a planet but not massive enough to sustain hydrogen fusion like a star, typically having a mass between 13 and 80 times that of Jupiter. They are often referred to as "failed stars" because they can fuse deuterium but cannot maintain stable hydrogen fusion.

    Very interesting read on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_dwarf

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Ok, well at least they put the comma in the right place. But I definitely read that wrong the first time anyway.

    "But how could it feed from a brown dwarf that far away?

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    Oh, I see."

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