Astronomers have discovered huge atmospheric tidal waves millions of miles high crashing down on a distant star 🤯
It is the most extreme ‘heartbeat star’ on record. Heartbeat stars are objects in close pairs that periodically pulse in brightness, like the rhythm of a beating heart on an EKG machine.
In the case of MACHO 80.7443.1718, its pulses are about 200 times brighter than other heartbeat stars – earning it the nickname a ‘heartbreak’ star. The waves are created when the smaller star in the system makes close passes, pulling on the larger star’s surface, creating a bulge. As the smaller star moves away, the bulge stretches and breaks, creating a wave.
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