{"id":122492,"date":"2020-11-29T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars\/"},"modified":"2020-11-29T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T14:00:31","slug":"spooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"#Spooky space: Blue ring nebula reveals the secrets of binary stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3493ea82580\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3493ea82580\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars\/#It_takes_two_to_tango\" >It takes two to tango<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars\/#Three_eyes_are_better_than_two\" >Three eyes are better than two<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Spooky space: Blue ring nebula reveals the secrets of binary stars<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"92af\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">In 2004, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an orbiting space telescope scanning distant groups of galaxies, found a bizarre object. Among other oddities, this body <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to be blue, despite giving off no visible light. Careful observations showed the presence of a pair of rings within the body, earning it the moniker of the Blue Ring Nebula.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2b54\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Sixteen years of studying this rare object found it to be a ring of<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5JtIyyI5_LQ\">hydrogen gas<\/a>, surrounding what looks like an ordinary star. However, the properties of this object suggest the star at the center of this object is, itself, the product of the merger of a pair of stars. This discovery of TYC 2597\u2013735-1 could open up a new era of understanding the nature of binary star systems.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0cdd\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201cWe were in the middle of observing one night, with a new spectrograph that we had recently built, when we received a message from our colleagues about a peculiar object composed of a nebulous gas expanding rapidly away from a central star. How did it form? What are the properties of the central star? We were im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely excited to help solve the mystery!\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/18\/mysterious-blue-ring-nebula-scientists-see-fate-binary-stars\">Gu\u00f0mundur Stef\u00e1nsson<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>of Princeton University stated.<\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><em>[Read:\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">Why this security engineer loves working in infosec<\/span>]<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"55fb\" class=\"jw jx fh au jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_takes_two_to_tango\"><\/span>It takes two to tango<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"f528\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Unlike our own Sun, most stars in the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-cosmic-companion\/more-strange-objects-seen-near-black-hole-at-center-of-milky-way-afbbcf460f24?source=friends_link&amp;sk=06921e57891d2da9bf98dc7168b2dacf\">Milky Way<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>are found in binary systems, dancing with another star around their common center of gravity.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f615\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201cStellar mergers are a brief but common phase in the evolution of binary star systems. These events have many astrophysical implications; for example, they may lead to the creation of atypical stars\u2026 Although a handful of stellar mergers have been observed directly, the central remnants of these events were shrouded by an opaque shell of dust and molecules, making it impossible to observe their final state,\u201d researchers wrote in an article in<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2893-5\"><em class=\"iu\">Nature<\/em><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>detailing the study.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fb0b\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">In systems where stars are close enough can result in a<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DD24iG9VrF0\">collision between the stars<\/a>, merging the bodies together into one massive star.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ku kv kw\">\n<p id=\"06dc\" class=\"hv hw iu hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201cPurple haze all in my brain\u2026 Lately things, they don\u2019t seem the same<br \/>Acting funny, but I don\u2019t know why\u2026 \u2018Scuse me while I kiss the sky\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"d69f\" class=\"hv hw iu hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><em class=\"fh\">\u2014<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Purple Haze<em class=\"fh\">, Jimi Hendrix<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"40cb\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Orbital energy once present in the former<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/the-cosmic-companion\/episodes\/Did-a-Supernova-Cause-the-Devonian-Extinction--Brian-Fields-of-the-Unv--of-Illinois---Astronomy-News-with-The-Cosmic-Companion-Sept--1--2020-ej07s9\">stars<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>results in the ejection of large quantities of material from the newly-formed body.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3c98\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">\u201cWhen neutron stars collide, all hell breaks loose. They start producing a tremendous amount of visible light, and also gamma rays, X-rays, radio waves,\u201d describes<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/01\/neutron-star-merger-confirms-decades-predictions-princeton-researchers#:~:text=Neutron%20stars%20collide%3A%20Joseph%20Taylor%2C%20Russell%20Hulse%20and%20Joel%20Weisberg&amp;text=His%201974%20discovery%20of%20binary,1993%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Physics.\">Frans Pretorius<\/a>, physics professor at Princeton.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"35a9\" class=\"jw jx fh au jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Three_eyes_are_better_than_two\"><\/span>Three eyes are better than two<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"iw ix iy iz ja jb es et paragraph-image\">\n<div class=\"jc jd ci je aj jf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"es et kx\">\n<div class=\"jk s ci jl\">\n<div class=\"ky jn s\">\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rl rm t u v jh aj c lazy\" alt=\"Image for post\" width=\"1000\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/max\/2000\/1*VadgL8cCUuayFECkfuEbZg.jpeg\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/syndication\/2020\/11\/29\/spooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fsyndication%2F2020%2F11%2F29%2Fspooky-space-blue-ring-nebula-reveals-the-secrets-of-binary-stars%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The trio of telescopes responsible for our discoveries concerning the Blue Ring Nebula: (l-r) The Keck Telescope, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Image credits: (l-r) Keck Observatory, NASA\/GALEX Team, McDonald Observatory.\" data-title=\"Share The trio of telescopes responsible for our discoveries concerning the Blue Ring Nebula: (l-r) The Keck Telescope, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Image credits: (l-r) Keck Observatory, NASA\/GALEX Team, McDonald Observatory. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The trio of telescopes responsible for our discoveries concerning the Blue Ring Nebula: (l-r) The Keck Telescope, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Image credits: (l-r) Keck Observatory, NASA\/GALEX Team, McDonald Observatory. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The trio of telescopes responsible for our discoveries concerning the Blue Ring Nebula: (l-r) The Keck Telescope, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Image credits: (l-r) Keck Observatory, NASA\/GALEX Team, McDonald Observatory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"95f1\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Astronomers went to work studying the Blue Ring<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/thecosmiccompanion.net\/carina-nebula\/\">Nebula<\/a>, using a pair of 10-meter telescopes \u2014 the HIRES optical spectrograph at the Keck Telescope in Hawaii, and the near-infrared Habitable-zone Planet Finder attached to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas.<\/p>\n<p id=\"c240\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">Analysis revealed TYC 2597\u2013735\u20131 is the product of a stellar merger that took place thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n<p id=\"280b\" class=\"hv hw fh hx b hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is ez cg\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\">The Blue Ring Nebula offers astronomers a unique target to study \u2014 a composite<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cm jv\" href=\"https:\/\/thecosmiccompanion.net\/red-giant-star-betelgeuse-is-smaller-and-closer-than-thought\/\">star<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>caught still settling down from its birth in a cathartic stellar merger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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