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Awesome 5-star solar system with two contacting pairs found

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“This is a truly exotic star system. In principle there’s no reason why it couldn’t have planets in orbit around each of the pairs of stars. Any inhabitants would have a sky that would put the makers of Star Wars to shame,” Dr Lohr said. “There could sometimes be no fewer than five Suns of different brightnesses lighting up the landscape.”
via Boing Boing

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