But there might be more.
The triple system features two stars that orbit each other in a binary, as well as a tertiary plant that orbits the binary.said it's most likely that the system started out as two binaries but went through at least one merger.. "We know of many tertiary star systems but they are typically significantly less massive. The massive stars in this triple are very close together – it is a compact system.
"Maybe there are more compact systems buried in the data," co-author Bin Liu said in a press statement. "What we really want to know is whether this kind of system is common in our universe."More on space exploration:
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