What Swings a Star Around - Another Star or a Distant Planet?

What Swings a Star Around - Another Star or a Distant Planet? Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2016 - An international team of astronomers using the Subaru Telescope and led by a graduate student member of SOKENDAI (The Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Japan) has discovered companions circling "intermediate-mass" stars. These are stars that are heavier than the Sun and the companions were thought to be either planets or possibly small stars. The excellent performance of the Subaru Telesc ... more

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