Ironically, this indirect evidence of a destructive planetary collision could also be the first indication that planetary systems can form around close binary stars.

更讽刺的是，这个毁灭性的行星对撞，很可能也是行星系统有可能在密近双星周围形成的首个间接证据。

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As an eclipsing binary, it is actually two stars in close orbit around one another.

作为食双星，它实际上是两颗在接近的轨道上互绕的恒星。

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These binary stars likely formed close together, and have been orbiting one another since their birth, the researchers said.

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