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Astronomers Discover One of the Most Massive Binary Stars in the Galaxy


NGC 3603-A1 is a pair of giant stars locked in a rapid 3.8-day orbit. Their dynamic relationship provides clues to how massive stars evolve and form black holes. A team of astronomers combined archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope with fresh observations to obtain precise measurements of

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