Record-Breaking Triple-Star System

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NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system

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Scientists have spotted a record-breaking triple star system so tightly bound that it could fit comfortably between sun and Mercury .

The system, designated TIC 290061484 contains twin stars that race around each other once every 1.8 Earth days as well as a third star that orbits this pair once every 25 Earth days.

The discovery team included citizen scientists who met as part of the now-closed Planet Hunters project.

Roman will monitor the light from hundreds of millions of stars.

It should help astronomers spot the strobing effect that revealed the TIC 290061484 system.

Roman may even enable scientists to spot tightly packed star systems with more than three stars, perhaps as many as six , buzzing around each other like bees in a hive.

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