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Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022 by dark_star on Sunday January 08, 2017 @01:48PM (#13351222)
I think this is the conference paper: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/phys/observatory/MergingStar/...

(Linked to from here: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/two-stars-are-about-smash-into-each...)

The star system in question is KIC 9832227, about 1800 light years away from us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIC_9832227

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Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022 by planteen on Sunday January 08, 2017 @08:02PM (#13353222)
Awesome, thanks so much!
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