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Doomed 'cannibal' star could soon explode in a supernova so bright it would be visible during the day
"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of its imminent, violent end."
You may like "V Sagittae is no ordinary star system - it's the brightest of its kind and has baffled experts since it was first discovered in 1902," team member and University of Southampton researcher Phil Charles said in a statement. This investigation revealed that there is a giant halo of gas comprised of material stolen from the companion star wrapped around both the cannibal white dwarf and its stellar victim. "The white dwarf cannot consume all the mass being transferred from its hot star twin, so it creates this bright cosmic ring," team member Pasi Hakala from the University of Turku said.
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