Mysterious blue lurker stars likely got a spin boost by absorbing their partners
The open cluster M67 hosts a number of so-called blue stragglers, stars that spin far faster than expected. New research suggests the stars got a spin boost by absorbing gas from a dying partner star. Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
United States Robert Mathieu University Of Wisconsin Sloan Digital Sky National Science Foundation American Astronomical Society
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