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Super-Rare Star System Is a Giant Cosmic Accident Waiting to Happen

An artist's impression of binary system CPD-29 2176, with a large blue Be star and a little itty bitty neutron star. (CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani)
For the first time, astronomers have positively identified a binary system that is destined to one day end up as a kilonova – the explosive result of a neutron star collision....

https://www.sciencealert.com/super-rare-star-system-is-a-giant-cosmic-accident-waiting-to-happen

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