The mystery of sun-like stars deepens “Astronomers are left in the dark, and for once, we do not enjoy it,” says Christine Nicholls from Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia, lead author of a paper reporting the study. “We have obtained the most comprehensive set of observations to date for this class of Sun-like stars, and they clearly show that all the possible explanations for their unusual behaviour just fail.” The mystery investigated by the team dates back to the 1930s and affects about a third of Sun-like stars in our Milky Way and other galaxies.
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