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A group of astronomers say for the first time they’ve found a star with two “faces,” one side composed completely of helium and the other completely of hydrogen.
A group of astronomers say for the first time they've found a star with two "faces," one side composed completely of helium and the other completely of hydrogen.
An international team of astronomers, including two UBC researchers, reveal the first 'two-faced' star, a celestial Rosetta Stone to help unravel the cosmic evolution of a dying star.
With one side composed fully of hydrogen and the other of helium, the star has been dubbed Janus after the two-faced Roman god of transition, and described in a new Nature study.