Tuesday AAS presscon: Weird Binary Stars

Today’s first American Astronomical Press conference is on weird binary stars, and will star at 9:40. I’ve embedded the video below. If you want to participate in the chat room, go to the UStream channel.

TV Show hosted by Ustream

June 3rd, 2008 8:28 AM by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Science, Video Blog | 2 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

2 Responses to “Tuesday AAS presscon: Weird Binary Stars”

1. 01101001 Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Bad link
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/astronomy-cast-live%3A-press-conference-coverage
Should have been
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/astronomy-cast-live-%3A-press-conference-coverage
2. PeterA Says:
June 4th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Is there any theory as to why binary or multiple star systems are more common than solo stars like our sun? Just asking.

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