Brains Matter Episode 88 - Binary Star Formation

Dr Ross Church is a PhD from Cambridge, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University. I talked to him about binary stars:

- What are binary stars?
- How common are they?
- Can stars exist in triple or more systems?
- How big are most binary stars?
- How do binary stars form?
- How can we detect binary stars through observation?
- Can binary systems have planets?

Listen in and find out more.

Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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Comments

[Zashkaser]

Great post Jon! I have been following the #p2 effort since you started it, and although I have understood its purpose this post does a really great job solidifying the full rationale.