Chemical tracers of a highly eccentric AGB–main-sequence star binary
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 03 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02154-y
When stars like our Sun die, they expel their outer layers in a dramatic stellar wind. This study of an unusual chemical signature in one particular stellar wind reveals that the signature is due to the presence of a binary system whose components had a close approach around 200 years ago.
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