Formation of Blue Straggler stars

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Article on the formation of blue stragglers, a rare sort of star.

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/19/why-these-blue-stars-shouldnt-exist/?hpt=hp_c2

[Tank]

Most interesting.

[Recusant]

Thanks for the link, Ecurb Noslerub. It's mildly amusing that a Christian/atheist debate seems to have developed in the comments section. There's nothing in the article that looks to me like it would serve to provoke such a debate, but I guess somebody thought "What the heck, let's argue about religious beliefs; this is as good a place as any."

Another article on the story from Nature, which gives further information.