White Dwarf Star Spiral

About 1,600 light-years away, two dense white dwarf stars orbit each other once every 321 seconds.

Astronomers predict that the stars’ already impressively short orbital period is steadily becoming shorter. Because of this, the two stars are destined to merge.

(Photo from NASA)

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