Aug 24, 2023
Breaking waves on the surface of the heartbeat star MACHO 80.7443.1718
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
Tides on the star MACHO 80.7443.1718 are so extreme that they crash and break every close passage in the pair of stars’ elliptical orbit. Models show how these breaking tidal waves create a rapidly rotating, shock-heated circumstellar atmosphere every periapse passage.