A stellar odd couple at an unusual stage of evolution
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Most of the stars in the Milky Way are what we might call normal stars. They're main sequence stars like our sun, meaning they're doing what most people probably think stars do: shining as they fuse hydrogen atoms into helium atoms on a vast scale.
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A stellar odd couple at an unusual stage of evolution
Most of the stars in the Milky Way are what we might call normal stars. They're main sequence stars like our sun, meaning they're doing what most people probably think stars do: shining as they fuse hydrogen atoms into helium atoms on a vast scale.
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