Two Stars Orbiting Each Other So Closely They Could Fit Inside the Sun - by scottyj_phd
“Both components must have been significantly larger when they were young than they are today, implying that the orbit has shrunk significantly,” the authors write.
Stars have powerful magnetic fields. When solar flares and coronal mass ejections and other phenomena related to solar wind eject material from a star, the material is captured by the magnetic fields. It is carried out far from the star, eventually escaping altogether. But before it escapes, the material continues to spin with the star and its magnetic field. Just like a figure skater throwing their arms out to spin slower, this material slows a star’s spin.
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