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Star-crossed lovers❤️‍🔥
5,300 light-years away, two stars are locked in a fiery dance. They come together every 8 years with such force that stellar material is blown away. Each meeting forms a new ring. @NASAWebb captured a century+ of this dance. https://go.nasa.gov/3RYZlwG
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Star Duo Forms ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA’s Webb Finds

A new image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a celestial dance.
Tony Greicius (NASA)
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