Binary star CPD-29 2176 (IMAGE)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Binary star CPD-29 2176

Caption

By studying the binary star system CPD-29 2176 (shown here), researchers are unraveling new clues to our earliest beginnings, as stardust. Scientists estimate that there are probably only about 10 such star systems in the Galaxy at present.

Credit

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine

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