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Two-faced star with helium and hydrogen sides baffles astronomers (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What happened to saying it "appears" to have a hydrogen side and a helium side?

I'm just some guy, but a ball of plasma rotating every 15 minutes seems highly unlikely to be separated vertically into two materials of different weights.

It hardly seems like they're applying Occam's Razor here.

[–] teft 1 points 2 years ago

RTFA. It explains the leading theory.

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