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Common envelope

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Two stars can live close together.

Common envelope phase - ejection or merger.svg
Common envelope phase - ejection or merger.svg
Sometimes, one star grows very big. It can wrap around the other star. This makes a big cloud of gas. The stars move closer and closer. They might even become one star. Do you like looking at the stars?

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