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Re:Two-Faced Star Exposed by kjs3 on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:48PM (#36857229)
I stand corrected. I definitely missed the "floating alone in space" part...for some reason I got in my head there was a companion.
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Re:Two-Faced Star Exposed by danparsonson on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:54AM (#36858049)
They did discuss that possibility, at least in the paper, and it was my first thought for an explanation, but I think they discounted it because it would require an unrealistic or impossible orbit.
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Re:Two-Faced Star Exposed by kjs3 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:17AM (#36858226)
I jumped to a similar conclusion. Not my best post.
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Re:Two-Faced Star Exposed by danparsonson on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:01AM (#36858517)
Happens to the best of us :-)

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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