Slow stellar feeding (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Slow stellar feeding

Caption

Artist's impression of ZTF J0440+2325, a brown dwarf (right) and a red dwarf (left) that orbit each other every 86.65 minutes. The brown dwarf overflows onto its companion, and the stream of material strikes the surface of the red dwarf, heating a large hot spot at the point of impact.

Credit

Aaron Householder (MIT)

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