The Tiniest Diamonds Are Forever

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Greg Laughlin:

[The recently discovered star] VB 10 contains about 78 Jupiter masses, just barely lifting it above the minimum mass required to qualify as a bona-fide hydrogen-burning main sequence star. It’s got roughly 10× the mass and 10× the density of [VB 10b,] its companion. […]

The VB 10 system is built to last. The primary will enjoy a

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