Many of the Galaxy's Brightest Stars may not be What they Seem...

 

It looks like vampires might be hiding their 'deaths' in a surprising way: under sunlight and in space! And yes, it sounds ironic, right?

Imagine this as a sort of Dracula scenario, but in space. It turns out that some bright, very hot stars in our galaxy could be forming some pretty strange teams. Instead of being pairs, as previously thought, it has been discovered that these stars could be in groups of three. A large star shines, while another smaller one is close to it and a third seems to be lurking around, like a devilish assistant.

This finding is exciting because it suggests that these groups of three stars could be quite common in space, something that was not expected.

Let's talk a little about these 'stellar vampires', known as Be stars. They are hot, bright, blue stars, and they burn at incredible temperatures! What makes them special is their rapid rotation and the specific light they emit due to the hydrogen they contain.

It is thought that this special light comes from a disk that rotates around these stars, perhaps because they lose material and that forms this disk as it rotates.