MIT astronomers catch a star in a feast that could last billions of years
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โAstronomers have discovered a star system 300 light-years away where a small star is slowly consuming a nearby brown dwarf. Unlike typical rapid stellar consumption, this process is expected to continue for billions of years.โ
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