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Two tiny stars fit into an orbit smaller than our sun (www.popsci.com)
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One of the objects is a brown dwarf, which has a much more mass than a typical planet but isn't big enough to be a proper star.

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[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've always been fascinated by brown dwarfs. Sometimes in video games I see star systems with multiple stars orbiting quite close together; I always thought that was kind of ridiculous, but not it seems to be entirely possible.