How Single Stars Lost Their Companions

Reference:

          http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915083715.htm

Summary:

            In our home galaxy, the Milky Way, about half of all stars have a companion and travel through space in a binary system. Now a team of astronomers from Bonn University and the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio astronomy (also in Bonn) think they have the answer -- different stellar birth environments decide whether a star holds on to its companion.

Critique:

        I feel more people should know of this. It’s a very interesting topic.

Impact:

        There will be more stars with  companions in the sky.