A Cosmic Ballroom 💃 About 1,900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus, six stars are entwined in an elaborate dance. Three two-star pairs orbit each other, and all six move in synchronicity. https://go.nasa.gov/40ZucPH #NASAExoplanets
Astronomers found the first six-star system where all of the stars participate in eclipses, a discovery made by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The system is about 1,900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.
I’m always amused that when referring to the behaviour of objects that are very far away, as in the 1,900 light years here, we use the present tense 😆 #space #nasa
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in reply to NASA • • •It strongly reminds me of medieval "epicycles" before the heliocentric astronomy became accepted...
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