Astronomers have discovered an incredibly tight

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Astronomers have discovered an incredibly tight binary star system with an extreme orbital period of just 8.5 minutes. The observations reveal a white dwarf star being actively and gravitationally torn apart by its massive companion.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4871
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Astronomers have discovered an incredibly tight binary…

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