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Deciphering Eta Carinae’s eruptive twin

ESA’s XMM-Newton has spotted surprising changes in the powerful streams of gas from two massive stars in the binary star system HD 5980. One of the two stars had a major outburst reminiscent of the 19th-century eruption of Eta Carinae,…

Deciphering Eta Carinae’s eruptive twin