by Qev » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:23 am
Stars do occasionally collide, but it's a very rare occurance. Stars really are comparitively tiny objects on the galactic scale, dwarfed by the spaces between them. In very star-dense regions, such as the hearts of globular clusters, however, stars have been theorized to collide, leading to the appearance of
blue straggler stars.
Stars do occasionally collide, but it's a very rare occurance. Stars really are comparitively tiny objects on the galactic scale, dwarfed by the spaces between them. In very star-dense regions, such as the hearts of globular clusters, however, stars have been theorized to collide, leading to the appearance of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_straggler]blue straggler[/url] stars.