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    Jam-packed star system is most compact of its kind ever found

    onlyplanz_80y6mtBy onlyplanz_80y6mtMarch 4, 2026005 Mins Read
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    Jam-packed star system is most compact of its kind ever found

    A group of stars called TIC 120362137 is made up of a closely packed triple-star system, similar to the one depicted (artist’s impression), orbited by a more-distant fourth star. Credit: Mark Garlick/SPL

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    A tightly choreographed stellar dance is unfolding between four stars that lie 584 parsecs away from Earth1.

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