10/13/2026
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Astronomers watch 'vampire' star feeding on the stellar equivalent of 5 trillion quarter-pounder burgers every second

Filed by Dana Graviton
Astronomers watch 'vampire' star feeding on the stellar equivalent of 5 trillion quarter-pounder burgers every second
Astronomers have observed a stellar vampire feeding on a 'failed star' brown dwarf companion for the first time, and this will be a slow and gruesome death.
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Dana Graviton
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