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A new study from Caltech's Jim Fuller proposes a model explaining how escaping mass from aging Sun-like stars leads to a series of "little kicks" impacting their movement and binary systems.
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Jim Fuller, Kareem El-Badry
What
A new study from Caltech's Jim Fuller proposes a model explaining how escaping mass from aging Sun-like stars leads to a series of "little kicks" impacting their movement and binary systems.
When
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:36:00 GMT · 3h 59m ago
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Why
This model connects randomly oriented mass ejection events from dying red giant stars to the suspected kicks experienced by white dwarfs, explaining why widely spaced binary stars become less common.
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The proposed mechanism of 'kicks' in dying stars could cause binary stars to decouple and, in some cases, even collide, potentially leading toobservable explosions for future astronomical research.
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