Astronomy / Space Kiss of a pair of giant stars in the Tarantula Nebula

[Patrick_68000]

The Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory publishes a breathtaking video of two giant stars linked together in a "cosmic kiss". https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/812/2/102 ----------------- http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1540/

[video=youtube;mndNcAn2WRk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mndNcAn2WRk[/video]

 

[Winterwalker]

That's .. wow ..

Will they kind of *sploosh* together, into one star do you think?
Or will there be a very very large bang?

 

[Varrag]

I'd say "bang" is almost certain

 

[metatheurgist]

Depends on the masses involved. Stars do merge.