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Colliding Stars, Stellar Siphoning, and a now a "Blue Lurker." This Star System has Seen it All


common than might be imagined - about one in ten of every Sun-like star is part of a system with two other stars. However, the dynamics of such a system are complex, and understanding the history of how they came to be even more so.

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