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Binary Dwarf Stars Found Orbiting Each Other Every 20 Hours. They Were Once Almost Touching


physicists has discovered a binary pair of ultra-cool dwarfs so close together that they look like a single star. They're remarkable because they only take 20.5 hours to orbit each other, meaning their year is less than one Earth Day.

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