Even stars get fat -- And 'stellar cannibalism' is the reason

Researchers have discovered evidence that blue stragglers in globular clusters, whose existence has long puzzled astronomers, are the result of 'stellar cannibalism' in binary stars. In other words, binary stars are eating each other and turning into a blue straggler.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news151160938.html">Even stars get fat -- And 'stellar cannibalism' is the reason</a></p> <p>Researchers have discovered evidence that blue stragglers in globular clusters, whose existence has long puzzled astronomers, are the result of 'stellar cannibalism' in binary stars. In other words, binary stars are eating each other and turning into a blue straggler. </p>