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stellar surprise Binary Binary system found

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Two close stars with massive planets and failed stars orbiting at less than 10 AU. More material than can be accounted for in an stellar disc.

Fascinating read:
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-10-pluto-discovery-binary-binary-solar-formation.html

Journal Article: Very Low-mass Stellar and Substellar Companions to Solar-like Stars from MARVELS. VI. A Giant Planet and a Brown Dwarf Candidate in a Close Binary System HD 87646," Bo Ma, Jian Ge et al., 2016 November, Astronomical Journal , iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/152/5/112, Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/1608.03597
 
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