An international team of researchers has found that most very bright stars have a companion star, and that there is often a mass transfer from one star to the other. This image is an artist’s illustration of this mass transfer.
Credit: ESA, NASA, L. Calcada (ESO), and S.E. de Mink (STScI)
Source: HubbleSite
H. Sana, S. E. de Mink, A. de Koter, N. Langer, C. J. Evans, M. Gieles, E. Gosset, R. G. Izzard, J.-B. Le Bouquin, & F. R. N. Schneider (2012). Binary interaction dominates the evolution of massive stars Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1223344
(No Ratings Yet)
