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Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago

Using ALMA, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to form a massive stellar binary, finding chaos that indicates they emerged from different backgrounds.

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Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
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